@article{3e48b4b94b2f4463955d723fd5cdfce7,
title = "Characterization of Transition Edge Sensors for the Simons Observatory",
abstract = "The Simons Observatory is building both large (6 m) and small (0.5 m) aperture telescopes in the Atacama Desert in Chile to observe the cosmic microwave background CMB radiation with unprecedented sensitivity. Simons Observatory telescopes in total will use over 60,000 transition edge sensor (TES) detectors spanning center frequencies between 27 and 285 GHz and operating near 100 mK. TES devices have been fabricated for the Simons Observatory by NIST, Berkeley, and HYPRES/SeeQC corporation. Iterations of these devices have been tested cryogenically in order to inform the fabrication of further devices, which will culminate in the final TES designs to be deployed in the field. The detailed design specifications have been independently iterated at each fabrication facility for particular detector frequencies. We present test results for prototype devices, with emphasis on NIST high frequency detectors. A dilution refrigerator was used to achieve the required temperatures. Measurements were taken both with 4-lead resistance measurements and with a time-domain Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) multiplexer system. The SQUID readout measurements include analysis of current versus voltage (IV) curves at various temperatures, square wave bias step measurements, and detector noise measurements. Normal resistance, superconducting critical temperature, saturation power, thermal and natural time constants, and thermal properties of the devices are extracted from these measurements.",
keywords = "Simons Observatory, TES, Transition edge sensor",
author = "Stevens, {Jason R.} and Cothard, {Nicholas F.} and Vavagiakis, {Eve M.} and Aamir Ali and Kam Arnold and Austermann, {Jason E.} and Choi, {Steve K.} and Dober, {Bradley J.} and Cody Duell and Duff, {Shannon M.} and Hilton, {Gene C.} and Ho, {Shuay Pwu Patty} and Hoang, {Thuong D.} and Johannes Hubmayr and Lee, {Adrian T.} and Aashrita Mangu and Federico Nati and Niemack, {Michael D.} and Christopher Raum and Mario Renzullo and Maria Salatino and Trevor Sasse and Simon, {Sara M.} and Suzanne Staggs and Aritoki Suzuki and Patrick Truitt and Joel Ullom and John Vivalda and Vissers, {Michael R.} and Samantha Walker and Benjamin Westbrook and Wollack, {Edward J.} and Zhilei Xu and Daniel Yohannes",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the Simons Foundation, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from Berkeley Lab, provided by the Director, Office of Science, of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Early Career Research Program (ECRP) program provided by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program provided by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under award number DE-SC0018711 and award number HYP-DE-SC0017818. Work by NFC was supported by a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. MDN acknowledges support from NSF award AST-1454881. Funding Information: This work is supported by the Simons Foundation, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from Berkeley Lab, provided by the Director, Office of Science, of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Early Career Research Program (ECRP) program provided by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program provided by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under award number DE-SC0018711 and award number HYP-DE-SC0017818. Work by NFC was supported by a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. MDN acknowledges support from NSF award AST-1454881. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10909-020-02375-9",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "199",
pages = "672--680",
journal = "Journal of Low Temperature Physics",
issn = "0022-2291",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3-4",
}