A multiplexer for the ac/dc characterization of TES based bolometers and microcalorimeters

Abstract

At SRON we are developing the Frequency Domain Multiplexing (FDM) for the read-out of the TES-based detector array for the future infrared and X-ray space mission. We describe the performances of a multiplexer designed to increase the experimental throughput in the characterisation of ultra-low noise equivalent power (NEP) TES bolometers and high energy resolving power X-ray microcalorimeters arrays under ac and dc bias. We discuss the results obtained using the TiAu TES bolometers array fabricated at SRON with measured dark NEP below $5\cdot 10^{-19}W/H{z}^{1/2}$ and saturation power of several fW

7 pages, 6 figures, Proc. SPIE 8453, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V, 845333 (25 September 2012). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1604.02593