The optical imaging TES detector array: Considerations for a cryogenic imaging instrument

Authors :: Bay, T.J.
Burney, J.A.
Barral, J.
Brink, P.L.
Cabrera, B.
Castle, J.P.
Miller, A.J.
Nam, S.W.
Romani, R.W.
Tomada, A.
Source :: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. Apr2006, Vol. 559 Issue 2, p506-508. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: Abstract: A Stanford/NIST collaboration is developing an imaging detector suitable for IR/optical/UV astronomical observations based on the Transition Edge Sensor, a cryogenic quantum microcalorimeter. Currently, the 32 pixel detector can in time and energy resolve single photons with high event rates and at 2.33eV and more than 10kHz/pixel). We report on current progress with the first imaging TES instrument, focusing on recent advances in instrumentation including focusing, reflection masking and infrared filtering. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Subjects :: *CALORIMETERS
*EINSTEIN-Podolsky-Rosen experiment
*PHOTONS
*DETECTORS

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