[HTML][HTML] Transition edge sensors: Physics and applications

M De Lucia, P Dal Bo, E Di Giorgi, T Lari, C Puglia… - Instruments, 2024 - mdpi.com
Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) are amongst the most sensitive cryogenic detectors and
can be easily optimized for the detection of massive particles or photons ranging from X-rays …

The Simons Observatory: Design, integration, and testing of the small aperture telescopes

N Galitzki, T Tsan, J Spisak, M Randall… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background survey
experiment that includes small-aperture telescopes (SATs) observing from an altitude of …

The Simons Observatory microwave SQUID multiplexing detector module design

H McCarrick, E Healy, Z Ahmed, K Arnold… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) science depend on increasing the
number of sensitive detectors observing the sky. New instruments deploy large arrays of …

SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) Electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays

C Yu, Z Ahmed, JC Frisch, SW Henderson… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a
warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based …

The Simons observatory large aperture telescope receiver

N Zhu, T Bhandarkar, G Coppi… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Simons Observatory is a ground-based cosmic microwave background
experiment that consists of three 0.4 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m Large …

[HTML][HTML] Improved microwave SQUID multiplexer readout using a kinetic-inductance traveling-wave parametric amplifier

M Malnou, JAB Mates, MR Vissers, LR Vale… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the use of a kinetic-inductance traveling-wave parametric amplifier (KITWPA)
as the first amplifier in the readout chain of a microwave superconducting quantum …

Simons Observatory: Predeployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands

CE Sierra, K Harrington, S Sutariya… - The Astrophysical …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Simons Observatory will map the temperature and polarization over half of the
sky at millimeter wavelengths in six spectral bands from the Atacama Desert in Chile. These …

Instrumental systematics biases in CMB lensing reconstruction: A simulation-based assessment

M Mirmelstein, G Fabbian, A Lewis, J Peloton - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Weak gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is an important
cosmological tool that allows us to learn about the structure, composition and evolution of …

The Simons Observatory: the large aperture telescope (LAT)

Z Xu, S Adachi, P Ade, JA Beall… - Research Notes of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Simons Observatory is a Cosmic Microwave Background experiment to
observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30 to 290 GHz. The Observatory …

High-Dynamic-Range Detection of Microwave Signal on Chip Surface Based on Diamond Sensors

D Wang, HF Wen, X Li, Y **, W Hao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposed a microwave (MW) detection method by utilizing the effect of the dual
MW on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. We established a theoretical model of …