Ultra-sensitive Transition-Edge Sensors for the Background Limited Infrared/Sub-mm Spectrograph (BLISS) |
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Authors: | A D Beyer M E Kenyon P M Echternach T Chui B-H Eom P K Day J J Bock W A Holmes C M Bradford |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of physics, California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1200 E. California Blvd., 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Abstract: | We report progress in fabricating ultra-sensitive superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) for BLISS. BLISS is a suite of grating spectrometers covering 35–433?μm with R~700 cooled to 50?mK that is proposed to fly on the Japanese space telescope SPICA. The detector arrays for BLISS are TES bolometers readout with a time domain SQUID multiplexer. The required noise equivalent power (NEP) for BLISS is NEP=10?19?W/Hz1/2 with an ultimate goal of NEP=5×10?20?W/Hz1/2 to achieve background limited noise performance. The required and goal response times are τ=150?ms and τ=50?ms respectively to achieve the NEP at the required and goal optical chop frequency 1–5?Hz. We measured prototype BLISS arrays and have achieved NEP=6×10?18?W/Hz1/2 and τ=1.4?ms with a Ti TES (T C=565?mK) and NEP~2.5×10?19?W/Hz1/2 and τ~4.5?ms with an Ir TES (T C=130?mK). Dark power for these tests is estimated at 1–5?fW. |
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