Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz

Tom L. R. Brien; Peter A. R. Ade; Peter S. Barry; Chris J. Dunscombe; David R. Leadley; Dmitry V. Morozov; Maksym Myronov; E. H. C. Parked; Martin J. Prest; Mika Prunnila; Rashmi V. Sudiwala; Terry E. Whall; Philip D. Mauskopf

doi:10.1109/UCMMT.2015.7460630

Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz

Tom L. R. Brien
, Peter A. R. Ade
, Peter S. Barry
, Chris J. Dunscombe
, David R. Leadley
, Dmitry V. Morozov
, Maksym Myronov
, E. H. C. Parked
, Martin J. Prest
, Mika Prunnila
, Rashmi V. Sudiwala
, Terry E. Whall
, Philip D. Mauskopf

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Abstract

We present a study of a cold-electron bolometer operating at 350 mK with a twin-slot antenna coupling radiation at 160 GHz. The detector's absorbing element consists of degenerately-doped strained silicon and has Schottky contacts to superconducting aluminium leads. These contacts allow for direct electron cooling of the absorber to below the phonon temperature, enabling the cold-electron bolometer to achieve much faster time constants (τ <; 1 μs) compared to conventional bolometric detectors while not sacrificing sensitivity. We measure both the dark and optically-loaded noise of the detector via a novel method of cross-correlating the outputs of two amplifiers in order to measure noise below the amplifier noise level. From this we measure the photon-noise limited noise-equivalent power of the detector to be 6.6 × 10-17 W Hz-1/2 when observing a 77-Kelvin source.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop (UCMMT), 2015 8th UK, Europe, China
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	1-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-7434-7, 978-1-4673-7433-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UCMMT.2015.7460630
Publication status	Published - 28 Apr 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	UK, Europe, China Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop - National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sept 2015 → 15 Sept 2015 Conference number: 8

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Conference	UK, Europe, China Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop
Abbreviated title	UCMMT
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cardiff
Period	14/09/15 → 15/09/15

Keywords

absorption cooling
electrons
infrared detectors
millimeter waves
slot antennas
strained silicon
terahertz waves

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Brien, T. L. R., Ade, P. A. R., Barry, P. S., Dunscombe, C. J., Leadley, D. R., Morozov, D. V., Myronov, M., Parked, E. H. C., Prest, M. J., Prunnila, M., Sudiwala, R. V., Whall, T. E., & Mauskopf, P. D. (2016). Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz. In Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop (UCMMT), 2015 8th UK, Europe, China (pp. 1-4). Article 7460630 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/UCMMT.2015.7460630

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Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz. / Brien, Tom L. R.; Ade, Peter A. R.; Barry, Peter S. et al.
Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop (UCMMT), 2015 8th UK, Europe, China. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2016. p. 1-4 7460630.

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Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz

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