Impedance measurement and excess-noise behavior of a Ti/Au bilayer TES calorimeter

  • H. Akamatsu
  • , Y. Abe
  • , K. Ishikawa
  • , Y. Ishisaki
  • , Y. Ezoe
  • , T. Ohashi
  • , Y. Takei
  • , N. Y. Yamasaki
  • , K. Mitsuda
  • , R. Maeda

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Abstract

To imderstand the so-called excess noise, we measured the complex impedance of a TES microcalorimeter, and derived the hernial sensitivity α, current sensitivity β, and heat capacity C. Making use of the obtained parameters, we found that the excess noise can be represented by two types of extra noise having similar spectra as Johnson and phonon noise. The contribution of the Johnson-like, usually expressed by the M factor, depended on alpha; as M ≃ 0.2-√a, which is consistent with the behavior of the excess noise studied in other groups. Pursuing the better energy resolution, we suppressed the dominant noise components by introducing a Si collimator to irradiate X-rays only to the Au absorber, increasing the ADC resolution, and improving the temperature stability. So far, the energy resolution has been improved from 4.8 eV to 2.8 eV (FWHM).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLow Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop
Pages195-198
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 - Stanford, CA, United States
Duration: 20 Jul 200924 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1185
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford, CA
Period20/07/0924/07/09

Keywords

  • TES microcalorimeter excess-noise

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