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Superconducting Multiplexers for Transition-Edge Sensors

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Author(s)

Kent D. Irwin, James A. Beall, Joern Beyer, Steven Deiker, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, S. L. Ferreira, Gene C. Hilton, Sae Woo Nam, Carl D. Reintsema, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale

Abstract

Superconducting multiplexers make it possible to build arrays of thousands of low-temperature bolometers and microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition-edge sensors with a manageable number of readout channels. Our first generation SQUID multiplexer has now been used in an instrument at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We describe our second-generation SQUID multiplexer, which is based on an architecture that reduces the dissipation of power at the base temperature of the cryostat. We also describe a multiplexer based on "hot electron switches" that is in development.
Citation
International Progress on Advanced Optics and Sensors
Publisher Info
Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo, JA
Pub Type
Books

Keywords

hot electron, multiplexer, transition-edge sensor
Sensors

Citation

Irwin, K. , Beall, J. , Beyer, J. , Deiker, S. , Doriese, W. , Ferreira, S. , Hilton, G. , Nam, S. , Reintsema, C. , Ullom, J. and Vale, L. (2003), Superconducting Multiplexers for Transition-Edge Sensors, Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo, JA (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created May 31, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021