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Search Publications by: Leila R. Vale (Fed)

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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