Development of the nano-HEB array for low-background far-IR applications

Boris S. Karasik; Sergey V. Pereverzev; David Olaya; Michael E. Gershenson; Robin Cantor; Jonathan H. Kawamura; Peter K. Day; Bruce Bumble; Henry G. Leduc; Steve P. Monacos; Dennis G. Harding; Daniel Santavicca; Faustin Carter; Daniel E. Prober

doi:10.1117/12.856682

Development of the nano-HEB array for low-background far-IR applications

Boris S. Karasik, Sergey V. Pereverzev, David Olaya, Michael E. Gershenson, Robin Cantor, Jonathan H. Kawamura, Peter K. Day, Bruce Bumble, Henry G. Leduc, Steve P. Monacos, Dennis G. Harding, Daniel Santavicca, Faustin Carter, Daniel E. Prober

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We present an overview of the recent progress made in the development of a far-IR array of ultrasensitive hot-electron nanobolometers (nano-HEB) made from thin titanium (Ti) films. We studied electrical noise, signal and noise bandwidth, single-photon detection, optical noise equivalent power (NEP), and a microwave SQUID (MSQUID) based frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) scheme. The obtained results demonstrate the very low electrical NEP down to 1.5×10^-20 W/Hz^1/2 at 50 mK determined by the dominating phonon noise. The NEP increases with temperature as ∼ T ³ reaching ∼ 10^-17 W/Hz^1/2 at the device critical temperature T_C = 330-360 mK. Optical NEP = 8.6×10 ^-18 W/Hz^1/2 at 357 mK and 1.4×10^-18 W/Hz^1/2 at 100 mK respectively, agree with thermal and electrical data. The optical coupling efficiency provided by a planar antenna was greater than 50%. Single 8-μm photons have been detected for the first time using a nano-HEB operating at 50-200 mK thus demonstrating a potential of these detectors for future photon-counting applications in mid-IR and far-IR. In order to accommodate the relatively high detector speed (∼ μs at 300 mK, ∼ 100 μs at 100 mK), an MSQUID based FDM multiplexed readout with GHz carrier frequencies has been built. Both the readout noise ∼ 2 pA/Hz^1/2 and the bandwidth > 150 kHz are suitable for nano-HEB detectors.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856682
State	Published - 2010
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 29 2010 → Jul 2 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7741
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/29/10 → 7/2/10

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

FIR detector
MSQUID
antenna-coupled
hot-electron
nanobolometer
single-photon

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Karasik, B. S., Pereverzev, S. V., Olaya, D., Gershenson, M. E., Cantor, R., Kawamura, J. H., Day, P. K., Bumble, B., Leduc, H. G., Monacos, S. P., Harding, D. G., Santavicca, D., Carter, F., & Prober, D. E. (2010). Development of the nano-HEB array for low-background far-IR applications. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V [774119] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856682

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Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 2010. 774119 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741).

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