Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope

Philip Mauskopf; Dmitry Morozov; Dorota Glowacka; David Goldie; Stafford Withington; Marcel Bruijn; Piet DeKorte; Henk Hoevers; Marcel Ridder; Jan Van Der Kuur; Jian Rong Gao

doi:10.1117/12.788976

Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope

Philip Mauskopf, Dmitry Morozov, Dorota Glowacka, David Goldie, Stafford Withington, Marcel Bruijn, Piet DeKorte, Henk Hoevers, Marcel Ridder, Jan Van Der Kuur, Jian Rong Gao

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Abstract

We describe the optimization of transition edge superconducting (TES) detectors for use in a far-infrared (FIR) Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) mounted on a cryogenically cooled space-borne telescope (e.g. SPICA). The required noise equivalent power (NEP) of the detectors is approximately 10 ^-19 W/√HZ in order to be lower than the photon noise from astrophysical sources in octave wide bands in the FIR. The detector time constants must be less than 10 ms in order to allow fast scanning of the FTS mechanism. The detectors consist of superconducting thermometers suspended on thin legs of thermally isolating silicon nitride and operate at a temperature of approximately 100 mK. We present the design of the detectors, a proposed focal plane layout and optical coupling scheme and measurements of thermal conductance and time constant for low NEP prototype TES bolometers.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788976
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV - Marseille, France Duration: Jun 26 2008 → Jun 28 2008

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7020
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	6/26/08 → 6/28/08

Keywords

Bolometer
Far-infrared
Transition-edge superconductor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Mauskopf, P., Morozov, D., Glowacka, D., Goldie, D., Withington, S., Bruijn, M., DeKorte, P., Hoevers, H., Ridder, M., Van Der Kuur, J., & Gao, J. R. (2008). Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope. In Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Article 70200N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7020). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788976

Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope. / Mauskopf, Philip; Morozov, Dmitry; Glowacka, Dorota et al.
Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. 2008. 70200N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7020).

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Mauskopf, P, Morozov, D, Glowacka, D, Goldie, D, Withington, S, Bruijn, M, DeKorte, P, Hoevers, H, Ridder, M, Van Der Kuur, J & Gao, JR 2008, Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope. in Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV., 70200N, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7020, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, Marseille, France, 6/26/08. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788976

Mauskopf P, Morozov D, Glowacka D, Goldie D, Withington S, Bruijn M et al. Development of transition edge superconducting bolometers for the SAFARI Far-Infrared spectrometer on the SPICA space-borne telescope. In Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. 2008. 70200N. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.788976

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