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Search Publications by: Leila R. Vale (Fed)

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Fabrication of Prototype Imaging Arrays for SCUBA-2

January 4, 2006
Author(s)
Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu, Barry L. Zink, William Parkes, Andrew S. Bunting, Camilla Dunare, Alan Gundlach, T. Stevenson, Anthony Walton, Eric Schulte, Elizabeth Corrales, Joseph P. Sienicki, Dan Bintley, Peter Ade, Rashmi Sudiwala, Adam L. Woodcraft, Mark Halpern, Wayne Holland, Damian Audley, Michael MacIntosh
Prototype imaging sub-arrays for SCUBA-2 (the Sub-millimeter Common-User Bolometer Array) have been fabricated and tested. The pixel count (1280) of these wafer-scale imagers are significantly larger than any other low-temperature detectors produced to

Optimized Transition-Edge X-ray Microcalorimeter with 2.4 eV Energy Resolution at 5.9 keV

November 1, 2005
Author(s)
Joel Ullom, James A. Beall, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale
We present measurements from a series of transition- edge x-ray microcalorimeters designed for optimal energy resolution. We used the geometry of the sensors to control their heat capacity and employed additional normal metal features and a perpendicular

Measurements & modeling of phonon cooling by electron-tunneling refrigerators

June 1, 2005
Author(s)
Nathan A. Tomlin, A. M. Clark, Anthony Williams, Steve Ruggiero, Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Kent D. Irwin, Leila R. Vale, Joel Ullom
We demonstrate cooling of the electrons and phonons of a silicon nitride Si-N membrane by solid-state refrigerators based on Normal-metal/Insulator/Superconductor (NIS) tunnel junctions. We report a temperature reduction of the Si-N membrane from 260 mK to

Time-division multiplexing of high-resolution TES X-ray microcalotimeters: Four pixels and beyond

November 15, 2004
Author(s)
W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu
We present experimental results from a four-pixel array of transition-edge-sensor, x-ray microcalorimeters read out through a single amplifier channel via a time-division superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer. We map the dependence of the

Superconducting transition edge sensor using dilute AlMn alloys

July 6, 2004
Author(s)
Steven Deiker, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, William H. Rippard, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Steve T. Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, B. Young
We have fabricated a bolometer using a transition-edge sensor (TES) made of Al doped with Mn to suppress the superconducting critical temperature !Tc" of Al from #1 K to #100 mK. The resulting detector exhibits low-frequency noise consistent with theory

Characterization and Reduction of Unexplained Noise in Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors

May 7, 2004
Author(s)
Joel N. Ullom, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale
The noise in superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) commonly exceeds simple theoretical predictions. The reason for this discrepancy is presently unexplained. We have measured the amplitude and frequency dependence of the noise in TES sensors with

Robust infrared filters for x-ray spectroscopy

March 11, 2004
Author(s)
Nathan A. Tomlin, Joel Ullom, James A. Beall, Gene C. Hilton, Steven Deiker, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu
One challenge to using cryogenic detectors for x-ray spectroscopy on a scanning electron microscope is the implementation of infrared blocking filters. In order to achieve high x-ray transmission, these filters can be as thin as 250 nm and consequently are

X-ray Microcalorimeter Arrays Fabricated by Surface Micromachining

March 1, 2004
Author(s)
Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Leila R. Vale, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Joern Beyer, Joel Ullom, Carl D. Reintsema, Yizi Xu, Kent D. Irwin
We are developing arrays of Mo/Cu TES-based detectors for use as as x-ray microcalorimeters and sub-mm bolometers. We have fabricated 8 x 8 pixel x-ray microcalorimeter arrays pixel using surface micromachining techniques. This surface-micromachining

A Time-Domain SQUID multiplexer for readout of x-ray microcalorimeter arrays

January 1, 2004
Author(s)
W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Jonathan Beall, Joern Beyer, Steven Deiker, S. L. Ferreira, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, John M. Martinis, Sae Woo Nam, Carl D. Reintsema, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale
SQUID multiplexers are being developed at NIST for the readout of large arrays of transition-edge-sensor (TES) detectors. Applications for these arrays include x-ray materials analysis on a scanning-electron microscope and astronomical cameras for x-ray

Dilute Al-Mn alloys for superconductor device applications

December 17, 2003
Author(s)
Steve Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, W. H. Rippard, A. Clarke, Steven Deiker, Leila R. Vale, Joel N. Ullom
We discuss results on the superconducting and electron-transport properties of Mn doped Al produced by sputter deposition. The critical temperature of Al has been systematically reduced to below 50 mK by doping with 1000-3000 ppm Mn. Values of the α

Suppression of excess noise in transition-edge sensors using magnetic field and geometry

December 17, 2003
Author(s)
Joel N. Ullom, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu
We report recent progress at NIST on Mo/Cu Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs). While the signal- band noise of our sensors agrees with theory, we observe excess high-frequency noise. We describe this noise and demonstrate that it can be heavily suppressed by a

Prototype system for superconducting quantum interference device multiplexing of large-format transition-edge sensor arrays

September 25, 2003
Author(s)
Carl D. Reintsema, Joern Beyer, Sae Woo Nam, Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Michael MacIntosh
We discuss the implementation of a time-division SQUID multiplexing system for the instrumentation of large-format transition-edge sensors (TES) arrays. We cover design and integration issues concerning cryogenic SQUID multiplexers and amplifiers, signal

Time-Division Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Multiplexer for Transition-Edge Sensors

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Piet DeKorte, Joern Beyer, Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Michael MacIntosh, Sae Woo Nam, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale, Martin Huber
We report on the design and performance of our second-generation 32-channel time-division multiplexer developed for the read-out of large-format arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensors. We present design issues and measurement results on its gain

In-focal-plane SQUID multiplexer

July 11, 2003
Author(s)
Kent D. Irwin, Damian Audley, James A. Beall, Joern Beyer, Steven Deiker, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, William Duncan, Gene C. Hilton, Wayne Holland, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu
Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) multiplexers make it possible to build arrays of thousands of low-temperature microcalorimeters and bolometers based on superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) with a manageable number of readout

A Time-Domain SQUID Multiplexer System for Read-Out of Superconducting Transition-Edge-Sensor Arrays

July 7, 2003
Author(s)
Carl D. Reintsema, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Sae Woo Nam, Leila R. Vale, Joel Ullom, Yizi Xu, Joern Beyer, Martin Huber
The development of time-domain SQUID multiplexers enables the integration of superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) into arrays of thousands of elements while maintaining a manageable number of readout channels. The applications for detector arrays

Performance of 32-channel Time-Division SQUID Multiplexer for Cryogenic Detector Arrays

June 1, 2003
Author(s)
Joern Beyer, Piet DeKorte, Carl D. Reintsema, Sae Woo Nam, Gene C. Hilton, Leila R. Vale, Kent D. Irwin
Multiplexed readout is a practical requirement for the successful deployment of large-scale cryogenic detector arrays in applications ranging from x-ray microanalysis to sub-millimeter astronomy. We report on the development of a time-division SQUID

Superconducting Multiplexers for Transition-Edge Sensors

June 1, 2003
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
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

Surface Micromachining for Transition-Edge Detectors

June 1, 2003
Author(s)
Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Joern Beyer, Leila R. Vale, Joel Ullom, Kent D. Irwin
We are developing arrays of high performance detectors based on superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) for application in x-ray materials analysis as well as x-ray and sub-mm astronomy. In order to obtain the desired thermal time constants, as well

T c Suppression in Superconducting Films for use in Transition Edge Sensors

June 1, 2003
Author(s)
Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, William Rippard, Steve Ruggiero, Leila R. Vale, B. A. Young
Transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters have proved their value as photon detectors in several wavelength regimes. The central elecement of a TES is a superconducting film with a transition temperature designed to be at a specific temperature

Time-Division SQUID Multiplexers for Transition-Edge Sensors

January 14, 2003
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
Microcalorimeters and bolometers based on superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) are important tools for the detection of photons from millimeter waves through gamma rays, and for applications ranging from materials analysis to astronomy. There is a

The Development of Microcalorimeter EDS Arrays

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Kent D. Irwin, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, L. King, Sae Woo Nam, Dale Newbury, Carl D. Reintsema, John A. Small, Leila R. Vale
High-energy-resolution cryogenic microcalorimeters are a powerful new tool for x-ray microanalysis. With demonstrated energy resolution 20 times better than with conventional semiconductor EDS, microcalorimeters are useful in applications such as nanoscale

Time-Division SQUID Multiplexers

February 1, 2002
Author(s)
Kent D. Irwin, Leila R. Vale, Norman F. Bergren, Steven Deiker, Erich N. Grossman, Gene C. Hilton, John M. Martinis, Sae Woo Nam, Carl D. Reintsema, David A. Rudman, Martin Huber
SQUID multiplexers (MUX) make is possible to build arrays of thousands of low-temperature bolometers and microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) with a manageable number of readout channels. We discuss the technical

On-Wafer Measurements of Nonlinear Effects in High Temperature Superconductors

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
James Booth, Leila R. Vale, Ronald H. Ono
We present the results of comprehensive on-wafer microwave probe station measurements of the nonlinear properties of coplanar waveguide devices patterned from HTS thin films. We introduce a sequence of measurements and analysis that is designed to describe