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Surface Micromachined Arrays of Transition-Edge Detectors
Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNG04CA75C
Agency Tracking Number: 033308
Amount:
$69,942.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
25-A Bisbee Court
Santa Fe, NM
87508
United States
DUNS:
071331768
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Robin Cantor
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (505) 424-6454
Email: rcantor@starcryo.com
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (505) 424-6454
Email: rcantor@starcryo.com
Business Contact
Name: Robin Cantor
Title: President
Phone: (505) 424-6454
Email: rcantor@starcryo.com
Title: President
Phone: (505) 424-6454
Email: rcantor@starcryo.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
An innovative surface micromachining technique is described for the fabrication of closely-packed arrays of transition edge sensor (TES) x-ray microcalorimeters. This technique enables individual TES microcalorimeters to be suspended on a thin membrane for thermal isolation from the bath temperature. The TES detectors are fabricated from normal metal/superconductor bilayers with a transition temperature of around 0.1 K. The proposed surface micromachining technique will simplify the fabrication of closely-packed TES microcalorimeter arrays, which are needed for numerous applications in astronomical x-ray spectroscopy.
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