Gamma-ray spectrometers using superconducting transition edge sensors with external active feedback bias

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 11, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 743-746

  Chow, D T ^a,b   Van Den Berg, M L ^a   Loshak, A ^a   Frank, M ^a   Barbee Jr , T W ^a   Labov, S E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active feedback bias; Bulk absorbers; Cryogenic detectors; Microcalorimeters; Transition edge sensors

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; SENSORS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVE FEEDBACK BIAS; MICROCALORIMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0035268588     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.919452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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