Design techniques for improved noise performance of superconducting transition edge sensor bolometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 390-395

  Staguhn, J G ^a,b   Benford, D J ^a   Chervenak, J A ^a   Moseley Jr , S H ^a   Allen, C A ^a   Stevenson, R ^a   Hsieh, W T ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolometers; Fundamental noise; Submillimeter Astronomy; TES

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ASTRONOMY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FABRICATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FUNDAMENTAL NOISE; GEOMETRIC ORDERING; SUBMILLIMETER ASTRONOMY; TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS (TES);

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 12744255413     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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