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Initial testing of a Si:As blocked-impurity-band (BIB) trap detector

October 31, 2012
Author(s)
Solomon I. Woods, Simon G. Kaplan, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, James E. Proctor
We discuss the design, construction, and initial test results of a Si:As blocked-impurity-band (BIB) trap detector. The trap consists of two rectangular BIB devices configured in a v-shaped geometry. This trapping geometry is designed to ideally yield a

Broadband Emissivity Calibration of Highly Reflective Samples at Cryogenic Temperatures

October 15, 2012
Author(s)
Solomon I. Woods, Timothy M. Jung, Greg Ly, Simon G. Kaplan, Jie Yu
We have developed a technique for calibrating the broadband optical emissivity of high reflectivity samples at cryogenic temperatures. This measurement method employs a primary standard optical detector with high absorptance from visible wavelengths to

Cryogenic Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer from 4 to 20 Micrometers

August 20, 2010
Author(s)
Simon G. Kaplan, Solomon I. Woods, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter
We describe the design and performance of a cryogenic Fourier transform spectrometer (Cryo-FTS) operating at a temperature of approximately 15 K. The instrument is based on a porch-swing scanning mirror design with active alignment stabilization using a

Demonstration of a Meissner-Effect Transition Edge Sensor

July 26, 2010
Author(s)
Solomon I. Woods, Stephen M. Carr, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, Raju V. Datla
We have built and tested a transition edge sensor which monitors temperature change by measuring magnetic flux expulsion from a superconducting element. Flux change is sensed by a dc SQUID coupled to the element using a flux transformer in a gradiometer

Calibration of Ultra-Low Infrared Power at NIST

July 20, 2010
Author(s)
Solomon I. Woods, Stephen M. Carr, Adriaan C. Carter, Timothy M. Jung, Simon G. Kaplan, Raju V. Datla
The Low Background Infrared (LBIR) facility has developed and tested the components of a new detector for calibration of infrared powers down to 1 pW, with 0.1% uncertainty. Calibration of such low powers could be valuable for the quantitative study of

Infrared Transfer Radiometer for Broadband and Spectral Calibration of Space Chambers

April 23, 2010
Author(s)
Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, Solomon I. Woods, Simon G. Kaplan, Raju V. Datla
The Low-Background Infrared (LBIR) facility at NIST has recently completed construction of an infrared transfer radiometer with an integrated cryogenic Fourier transform spectrometer (Cryo-FTS). This mobile system can be deployed to customer sites for

PicoWatt Infrared Power Measurement using an Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer

May 7, 2009
Author(s)
Stephen Carr, Solomon I. Woods, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter, Raju V. Datla
We report on initial measurements of the low-temperature thermal properties of a device that is similar to the experimental apparatus used for absolute cryogenic radiometry (ACR) within the Low Background Infrared Radiometry (LBIR) facility at NIST. The