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The noise and energy resolution of the Ti/Au bilayer X-ray TES calorimeter with an Au absorber

  • T. Yoshino
  • , K. Mukai
  • , Y. Ezoe
  • , N. Y. Yamasaki
  • , K. Mitsuda
  • , H. Kurabayashi
  • , Y. Ishisaki
  • , T. Takano
  • , R. Maeda

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Abstract

We fabricated the TES microcalorimeter with TES(Ti/Au) and gold absorber, and obtained FWHM energy resolution of 4.8±0.3 eV at 5.9keV. The baseline resolution, i.e. the resolution determined by noise, was 4.1±0.1 eV. From the noise spectra we found that the square of the baseline resolution could be approximately decomposed into contributions of three noise components. They are estimated to be (2.5 eV)2 (the intrinsic noise), (1.5 eV)2 (the readout noise), and (3.0 eV)2 (so-called excess noise). There is additional broadening of (2.5 eV)2 from the baseline resolution. The excess noise is the largest limiting factor of the energy resolution of the device.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)185-189
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume151
Issue number1-2 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Au absorber
  • Microcalorimeter
  • TES
  • Transition-edge sensor

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