Demonstration of athena X-IFU compatible 40-row time-division-multiplexed readout

Malcolm Durkin; Joseph S. Adams; Simon R. Bandler; James A. Chervenak; Saptarshi Chaudhuri; Carl S. Dawson; Edward V. Denison; William B. Doriese; Shannon M. Duff; Fred M. Finkbeiner; Connor T. Fitzgerald; Joseph W. Fowler; Johnathon D. Gard; Gene C. Hilton; Kent D. Irwin; Young Il Joe; Richard L. Kelley; Caroline A. Kilbourne; Antoine R. Miniussi; Kelsey M. Morgan; Galen C. O'Neil; Christine G. Pappas; Frederick S. Porter; Carl D. Reintsema; David A. Rudman; Kazuhiro Sakai; Stephen J. Smith; Robert W. Stevens; Daniel S. Swetz; Paul Szypryt; Joel N. Ullom; Leila R. Vale; Nicholas A. Wakeham; Joel C. Weber; Betty A. Young

doi:10.1109/TASC.2019.2904472

Demonstration of athena X-IFU compatible 40-row time-division-multiplexed readout

Malcolm Durkin, Joseph S. Adams, Simon R. Bandler, James A. Chervenak, Saptarshi Chaudhuri, Carl S. Dawson, Edward V. Denison, William B. Doriese, Shannon M. Duff, Fred M. Finkbeiner, Connor T. Fitzgerald, Joseph W. Fowler, Johnathon D. Gard, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Young Il Joe, Richard L. Kelley, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Antoine R. Miniussi, Kelsey M. MorganGalen C. O'Neil, Christine G. Pappas, Frederick S. Porter, Carl D. Reintsema, David A. Rudman, Kazuhiro Sakai, Stephen J. Smith, Robert W. Stevens, Daniel S. Swetz, Paul Szypryt, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Nicholas A. Wakeham, Joel C. Weber, Betty A. Young

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Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is the backup readout technology for the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU), a 3168-pixel X-ray transition-edge sensor (TES) array that will provide imaging spectroscopy for european space agency's Athena satellite mission. X-IFU design studies are considering readout with a multiplexing factor of up to 40. We present data showing 40-row TDM readout (32 TES rows + 8 repeats of the last row) of TESs that are of the same type as those being planned for X-IFU, using measurement and analysis parameters within the ranges specified for X-IFU. Single-column TDM measurements have best-fit energy resolution of (1.91 ± 0.01) eV for the Al Kα complex (1.5 keV), (2.10 ± 0.02) eV for Ti Kα (4.5 keV), (2.23 ± 0.02) eV for Mn Kα (5.9 keV), (2.40 ± 0.02) eV for Co Kα (6.9 keV), and (3.44 ± 0.04) eV for Br Kα (11.9 keV). Three-column measurements have best-fit resolution of (2.03 ± 0.01) eV for Ti Kα and (2.40 ± 0.01) eV for Co Kα. The degradation due to the multiplexed readout ranges from 0.1 eV at the lower end of the energy range to 0.5 eV at the higher end. The demonstrated performance meets X-IFU's energy-resolution and energy-range requirements. True 40-row TDM readout, without repeated rows, of kilopixel scale arrays of X-IFU-like TESs is now under development.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8671478
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2019.2904472
State	Published - Aug 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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athena satellite
multiplexed readout
superconducting quantum interference devices
Transition-edge sensors

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Durkin, M., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Chervenak, J. A., Chaudhuri, S., Dawson, C. S., Denison, E. V., Doriese, W. B., Duff, S. M., Finkbeiner, F. M., Fitzgerald, C. T., Fowler, J. W., Gard, J. D., Hilton, G. C., Irwin, K. D., Joe, Y. I., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., ... Young, B. A. (2019). Demonstration of athena X-IFU compatible 40-row time-division-multiplexed readout. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 29(5), Article 8671478. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2019.2904472

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