Lynx X-ray observatory: an overview

JA Gaskin, DA Swartz, A Vikhlinin… - Journal of …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics
Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned x-ray missions and …

A review of x-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition edge sensors for astrophysics and particle physics

L Gottardi, K Nagayashi - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The state-of-the-art technology of X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting
transition-edge sensors (TESs), for applications in astrophysics and particle physics, is …

[HTML][HTML] A microwave SQUID multiplexer optimized for bolometric applications

B Dober, Z Ahmed, K Arnold, DT Becker… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A microwave superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer has been optimized
for reading out large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers …

Lynx x-ray microcalorimeter

SR Bandler, JA Chervenak… - Journal of …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Lynx is an x-ray telescope, one of four large satellite mission concepts currently being
studied by NASA to be a flagship mission. One of Lynx's three instruments is an imaging …

Kinetic inductance current sensor for visible to near-infrared wavelength transition-edge sensor readout

P Szypryt, DA Bennett, I Fogarty Florang… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors based on the superconducting transition-edge sensor are used in a
number of visible to near-infrared applications, particularly for photon-number-resolving …

High aspect ratio transition edge sensors for x-ray spectrometry

M De Wit, L Gottardi, E Taralli, K Nagayoshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We are develo** large Transition Edge Sensor (TES) arrays in combination with a
frequency domain multiplexing readout for the next generation of X-ray space observatories …

Low-noise microwave SQUID multiplexed readout of 38 x-ray transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters

Y Nakashima, F Hirayama, S Kohjiro… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report very-low-noise, fast-response, middle-scale multiplexing in a microwave
superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer (MW-Mux) as a transition-edge …

Transition-edge sensors for cryogenic x-ray imaging spectrometers

L Gottardi, S Smith - Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics, 2022 - Springer
Large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters are
becoming the key technology for future space-based X-ray observatories and ground-based …

Multiabsorber transition-edge sensors for x-ray astronomy

SJ Smith, JS Adams, SR Bandler… - Journal of …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We are develo** arrays of position-sensitive microcalorimeters for future x-ray astronomy
applications. These position-sensitive devices commonly referred to as hydras consist of …

Aliasing effect on flux ramp demodulation: nonlinearity in the microwave squid multiplexer

JM Salum, T Muscheid, A Fuster… - Journal of Low …, 2023 - Springer
A novel system formed by a Microwave Superconducting Quantum Interference Device
(SQUID) Multiplexer (μ MUX) and a room temperature electronics employs frequency …