| Author(s): |
Kent D. Irwin; James A. Beall; Joern Beyer; Steven Deiker; William B. Doriese; S. L. Ferreira; Gene C. Hilton; Sae Woo Nam; Carl D. Reintsema; Joel N. Ullom; Leila R. Vale; |
| Title: |
Superconducting Multiplexers for Transition-Edge Sensors |
| Published: |
June 01, 2003 |
| 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: |
Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo, JA |
| Pages: |
pp. 437 - 442 |
| Keywords: |
hot electron;multiplexer;transition-edge sensor; |
| Research Areas: |
Sensors |
