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Michael Link (Fed)

Michael Link is a physical scientist in the Quantum Sensors group within the Quantum Electromagnetics division at NIST, where his focus is on superconducting microdevice fabrication and process development. Since joining the group in 2018, he has been primarily involved in the fabrication and development of superconducting transition edge sensor polarimeters for use in Cosmic Microwave Background measurements.

Research interests

  • Cosmic Microwave Background detector fabrication
  • Superconducting microdevice development and fabrication

Selected Publications

Tape head with thin tape bearing surface coating
J Li, MJ Link
US Patent 9,311,954

Tape drive with metal oxide interface between tape and tape head
J Li, MJ Link
US Patent 10,056,097

The Simons Observatory large aperture telescope receiver
N Zhu, T Bhandarkar, G Coppi, AM Kofman, JL Orlowski-Scherer, Z Xu, ...
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 256 (1), 23

Detector fabrication development for the LiteBIRD satellite mission
B Westbrook, C Raum, S Beckman, AT Lee, N Farias, T Sasse, A Suzuki, ...
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter

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Created August 24, 2019, Updated October 11, 2023