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    Performance of NbSi transition-edge sensors readout with a 128 MUX factor for the QUBIC experiment


    Salatino, M., Bélier, B., Chapron, C., Hoang, D.T., Maestre, S., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Montier, L., Piat, M., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Stankowiak, Guillaume, Thermeau, Jean Pierre, Torchinsky, S., Henrot-Versille, S., Voisin, F., Ade, P.A.R., Amico, G., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Banfi, S., Barbaràn, Gustavo, Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E., Bau, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-P., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bleurvacq, N., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bordier, G., Breelle, E., Bunn, E.F., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Busselli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., Couchot, F., D'Agostino, R., D'Alessandro, G., De Bernardis, P., de Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Di Donato, Andres, Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, Adrián, Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M.M., Garcia, B., Garrido, Xavier, Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, Mariano, González, M., Gradziel, Marcin, Grandsire, L., Guerrard, E., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Lowitz, A., Lukovic, V., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Masi, S., Mattei, Angelo, May, A.J., McCulloch, M., Medina, M.C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S.J., Mennella, A., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.Anthony, Murphy, J.D., O'Sullivan, Créidhe, Olivieri, E., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, Hernan, Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perdereau, O., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, Claudia G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Timbie, P., Tristram, M., Truongcanh, V., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M. and Zullo, A. (2018) Performance of NbSi transition-edge sensors readout with a 128 MUX factor for the QUBIC experiment. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 10708. p. 107845. ISSN 0277-786X

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    Abstract

    QUBIC (the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) is a ground-based experiment which seeks to improve the current constraints on the amplitude of primordial gravitational waves. It exploits the unique technique, among Cosmic Microwave Background experiments, of bolometric interferometry, combining together the sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the control of systematic effects typical of interferometers. QUBIC will perform sky observations in polarization, in two frequency bands centered at 150 and 220 GHz, with two kilopixel focal plane arrays of NbSi Transition-Edge Sensors (TES) cooled down to 350 mK. A subset of the QUBIC instrument, the so called QUBIC Technological Demonstrator (TD), with a reduced number of detectors with respect to the full instrument, will be deployed and commissioned before the end of 2018. The voltage-biased TES are read out with Time Domain Multiplexing and an unprecedented multiplexing (MUX) factor equal to 128. This MUX factor is reached with two-stage multiplexing: a traditional one exploiting Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) at 1 K and a novel SiGe Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) at 60 K. The former provides a MUX factor of 32, while the latter provides a further 4. Each TES array is composed of 256 detectors and read out with four modules of 32 SQUIDs and two ASICs. A custom software synchronizes and manages the readout and detector operation, while the TES are sampled at 780 Hz (100kHz/128 MUX rate). In this work we present the experimental characterization of the QUBIC TES arrays and their multiplexing readout chain, including time constant, critical temperature, and noise properties.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite as: M. Salatino, B. Bélier, C. Chapron, D. T. Hoang, S. Maestre, S. Marnieros, W. Marty, L. Montier, M. Piat, D. Prêle, D. Rambaud, J. P. Thermeau, S. A. Torchinsky, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Voisin, P. Ade, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvacq, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, M. De Petris, A. Di Donato, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, J.-Ch. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, B. Maffei, S. Masi, A. Mattei, A. J. May, M. A. McCulloch, M. C. Medina, L. Mele, S. Melhuish, A. Mennella, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, C. O'Sullivan, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, R. Puddu, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, A. Schillaci, C. G. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, P. Timbie, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, S. Vanneste, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, B. Watson, F. Wicek, M. Zannoni, and A. Zullo "Performance of NbSi transition-edge sensors readout with a 128 MUX factor for the QUBIC experiment", Proc. SPIE 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 1070845 (9 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312080
    Keywords: Bolometric Interferometry; CMB instrumentation; Cosmic Microwave Background; SiGe Application Specific Integrated Circuit; Superconducting QUantum Interference Device; the QUBIC experiment; Time-Domain Multiplexing; Transition-Edge Sensor;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
    Item ID: 13431
    Identification Number: 10.1117/12.2312080
    Depositing User: Dr. Créidhe O'Sullivan
    Date Deposited: 09 Oct 2020 08:54
    Journal or Publication Title: Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
    Publisher: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/13431
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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