DOI: 10.1063/1.106059. New designs for antenna-coupled superconducting bolometers

New designs for antenna-coupled superconducting bolometers

10.1063/1.106059

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Abstract

We propose a novel antenna-coupled low Tc superconducting bolometer which makes use of the thermal boundary resistance and the trapping of quasiparticles at metal-superconducting interfaces. A thin strip of superconductor, whose temperature is regulated at the midpoint of its resistive transition, serves both as a resistive load to thermalize the infrared current from the antenna and as a thermometer to measure the resulting temperature rise. Calculations give a noise equivalent power (NEP)≊7×10−16 T5/2 WHz−1/2 and a time constant τ≊10−8 T−2 s for a 2×2 μm2 thermometer area at temperature T (K). Designs for efficient on-chip rf matching and filter networks with well-defined bandpasses are presented. These detectors can be used to make frequency-multiplexed array receivers for astronomical observations at near millimeter wavelengths.

Bibliography

Mees, J., Nahum, M., & Richards, P. L. (1991). New designs for antenna-coupled superconducting bolometers. Applied Physics Letters, 59(18), 2329â2331.

Authors 3

J. Mees (first)
M. Nahum (additional)
P. L. Richards (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 8:42 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 2, 2024, 10:06 p.m.)
Indexed	1 month, 3 weeks ago (July 1, 2025, 9:06 a.m.)
Issued	33 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 1991)
Published	33 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 1991)
Published Print	33 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 28, 1991)

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BibTeX

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