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Characterization of Si-Membrane TES Bolometer Arrays for the HIRMES InstrumentThe High Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) instrument will fly onboard NASA's airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in 2019. HIRMES will provide astronomers with a unique observing window (25 122 µm) for exploring the evolution of protoplanetary disks into young solar systems, and the composition of our Solar System. There are two focal plane detector arrays for the instrument: a high-resolution (/ = 100,000) 8x16 detector array with a target noise-equivalent power, NEP 3x10-18 W/Hz; and a low-resolution (/ = 2,000 19,000) 16x64 detector array with a target NEP 2x10-17 W/Hz. The detectors for both of these arrays are superconducting Mo/Au bilayer transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers on thin suspended single-crystal silicon membranes. Here we present our characterization results for the detectors in both arrays, including measurements of thermal conductance with comparison to phonon transport models, saturation power, noise, and array uniformity.
Document ID
20190001223
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Barrentine, Emily M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rostem, Karwan (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD, United States)
Brekosky, Regis P. (SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Brown, Ari D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Colazo Petit, Felipe A. (Beacon Systems, Inc. Washington, DC, United States)
Costen, Nicholas P. (SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hays-Wehle, James P. (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD, United States)
Hsieh, Wen-Ting (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kluengpho, Vorachai (SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kutyrev, Alexander S. (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD, United States)
Maher, Stephen F. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD, United States)
Mikula, Vilem (Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC, United States)
Miller, Timothy M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Oxborrow, Joseph B. (SB Microsystems Columbia, MD, United States)
Sharp, Elmer H. (Global Science and Technology, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Watanabe, Tomomi (ADNET Systems, Inc. Bethesda, MD, United States)
Wollack, Edward J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Moseley, Samuel H. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
March 4, 2019
Publication Date
July 17, 2017
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation And Astrionics
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN66211
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors
Location: Kurume, Fukuoka
Country: Japan
Start Date: July 18, 2017
Sponsors: Kurume Univ.
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80GSFC17C0003
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX15AG60G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15HQ01C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNGPX04C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG17PT01A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG13CR48C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Use by or on behalf of the US Gov. Permitted.
Keywords
Instrumentation and Photography

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