TES-Based X-ray Microcalorimeter Performances Under AC Bias and FDM for Athena

H. Akamatsu; L. Gottardi; C.P. de Vries; J. S. Adams; S. R. Bandler; M. P. Bruijn; J. A. Chervenak; M. E. Eckart; F. M. Finkbeiner; J. R. Gao; J. W. den Herder; R. den Hartog; H. Hoevers; R. E. Kelley; P. Khosropanah; C. A. Kilbourne; J. van der Kuur; S. J. Lee; A. J. van den Linden; F. S. Porter; K. Ravensberg; J. E. Sadleir; S. J. Smith; T. Suzuki; E. J. Wassell; Mikko Kiviranta

doi:10.1007/s10909-016-1525-9

TES-Based X-ray Microcalorimeter Performances Under AC Bias and FDM for Athena

H. Akamatsu^*
, L. Gottardi
, C.P. de Vries
, J. S. Adams
, S. R. Bandler
, M. P. Bruijn
, J. A. Chervenak
, M. E. Eckart
, F. M. Finkbeiner
, J. R. Gao
, J. W. den Herder
, R. den Hartog
, H. Hoevers
, R. E. Kelley
, P. Khosropanah
, C. A. Kilbourne
, J. van der Kuur
, S. J. Lee
, A. J. van den Linden
, F. S. Porter

K. Ravensberg, J. E. Sadleir, S. J. Smith, T. Suzuki, E. J. Wassell, Mikko Kiviranta

^*Corresponding author for this work

Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Abstract

Athena is a European X-ray observatory, scheduled for launch in ∼ 2028. Athena will employ a high-resolution imaging spectrometer called X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU), consisting of an array of ∼ 4000 transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter pixels. For the readout of X-IFU, we are developing frequency domain multiplexing, which is the baseline readout system. In this paper, we report on the performance of a TES X-ray calorimeter array fabricated at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) at MHz frequencies for the baseline of X-IFU detector. During single-pixel AC bias characterization, we measured X-ray energy resolutions (at 6 keV) of about 2.9 eV at both 2.3 and 3.7 MHz. Furthermore, in the multiplexing mode, we measured X-ray energy resolutions of about 2.9 eV at 1.3 and 1.7 MHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	436-442
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	184
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1525-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Athena
Frequency domain multiplexing
Transition edge sensors
X-ray microcalorimeter

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Akamatsu, H., Gottardi, L., de Vries, C. P., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Bruijn, M. P., Chervenak, J. A., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Gao, J. R., den Herder, J. W., den Hartog, R., Hoevers, H., Kelley, R. E., Khosropanah, P., Kilbourne, C. A., van der Kuur, J., Lee, S. J., van den Linden, A. J., ... Kiviranta, M. (2016). TES-Based X-ray Microcalorimeter Performances Under AC Bias and FDM for Athena. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 184(1-2), 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1525-9

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