3.2 - A TES Bolometer for THz FT-Spectroscopy
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2015
2015-05-19 - 2015-05-21
Nürnberg, Germany - Band
- Proceedings IRS² 2015
- Chapter
- I3 - IR Components and Systems
- Author(s)
- M. Kehrt, J. Beyer, C. Monte, J. Hollandt - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin (Germany)
- Pages
- 926 - 928
- DOI
- 10.5162/irs2015/3.2
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-8-4
- Price
- free
Abstract
A Transition Edge Sensor (TES) composite bolometer for Fourier Transform (FT) spectroscopy was designed, built and characterized. The design is based on a super conducting thermistor with SQUID readout, SiN membrane technology and a thin film metal mesh absorber which is optimized for the spectral range from 0.1 THz to 3 THz. A noise equivalent power (NEP) of 3.8*10-13 W/Hz0.5 was achieved with a linear dynamic range of at least four orders of magnitude.