Modelling and reduction of noise in transition edge sensor detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7020, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goldie, D J ^a   Audley, M D ^a   Glowacka, D M ^a   Tsaneva, V N ^a   Withington, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling; Noise; Transition Edge Sensors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; INSTRUMENTS; NANOSENSORS; NITRIDES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SENSORS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE;

BI LAYERS; CURRENT NOISE; HEAT BATHS; IN TRANSITIONS; JOHNSON NOISE; MODELLING; NITRIDE STRUCTURES; NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE SOURCES; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; SUB-MILLIMETER; TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 52249118323     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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