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Aug, 2014

Radiation Tolerance Evaluation of the Ti/Au Bilayer TES Microcalorimeter

JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
  • Y. Ishisaki
  • ,
  • Y. Enokijima
  • ,
  • Y. Ezoe
  • ,
  • T. Ohashi
  • ,
  • H. Akamatsu
  • ,
  • R. Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Y. Takei
  • ,
  • K. Mitsuda
  • ,
  • N. Y. Yamasaki
  • ,
  • S. Yamada

Volume
176
Number
3-4
First page
344
Last page
349
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1007/s10909-013-1058-4
Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS

We have developed Ti/Au bilayer transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for future X-ray astrophysical satellite missions such as DIOS. One possible concern on the space use of TES microcalorimeters is its radiation tolerance. We have evaluated the performance of a Ti/Au bilayer (30/40 nm thick) TES microcalorimeter with 1.5 m thick Au absorber, before and after irradiation of 150 MeV proton beam with a total dose of 10 krad, corresponding to 10 years in the low Earth orbit. No significant changes on transition temperature, sensitivity, normal resistance, and critical current were observed. The energy resolution for 5.9 keV X-rays was 5.6 0.3 eV (FWHM) after the irradiation, which was slightly worse than 5.1 0.3 eV before the irradiation. We consider that our TES has sufficient radiation tolerance in orbit.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-013-1058-4
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000338210800034&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014JLTP..176..344I
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10909-013-1058-4
  • ISSN : 0022-2291
  • eISSN : 1573-7357
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000338210800034

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