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Boundary engineering for SINIS bolometers with integrated tunnel junction coolers

  • University of Jyväskylä

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Abstract

The feasibility of boundary engineering for the improvement of bolometric detectors and tunnel junction coolers is investigated. It can be shown, by comparing results of suspended and bulk tunnel junction coolers, that ballistic phonon transport dominates heat flow at low temperatures in suspended nanostructures. This allows the control of cooling and heating properties through contact boundary engineering. A solution to fabrication issues in the structural release of tunnel junction coolers is demonstrated by replacing copper with gold as the normal metal nanowire. These gold structures show phonon cooling from 115 mK down to 70 mK.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLow Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)
Pages318-321
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780735407510
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 - Stanford, CA, United States
Duration: 20 Jul 200924 Jul 2009

Publication series

SeriesAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1185
ISSN0094-243X

Conference

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

Keywords

  • Nanobolometer
  • NIS tunnel junction
  • Sinis cooler

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