Material properties of a low contraction and resistivity silicon-aluminum composite for cryogenic detectors

Abstract

We report on the cryogenic properties of a low-contraction silicon-aluminum composite, namely Japan Fine Ceramics SA001, to use as a packaging structure for cryogenic silicon devices. SA001 is a silicon--aluminum composite material (75% silicon by volume) and has a low thermal expansion coefficient ($\sim$1/3 that of aluminum). The superconducting transition temperature of SA001 is measured to be 1.18 K, which is in agreement with that of pure aluminum, and is thus available as a superconducting magnetic shield material. The residual resistivity of SA001 is 0.065 $\mu \mathrm{\Omega m}$, which is considerably lower than an equivalent silicon--aluminum composite material. The measured thermal contraction of SA001 immersed in liquid nitrogen is $\frac{L_{293\mathrm{K}}-L_{77\mathrm{K}}}{L_{293\mathrm{K}}}=0.12$%, which is consistent with the expected rate obtained from the volume-weighted mean of the contractions of silicon and aluminum. The machinability of SA001 is also confirmed with a demonstrated fabrication of a conical feedhorn array, with a wall thickness of 100 $\mu \mathrm{m}$. These properties are suitable for packaging applications for large-format superconducting detector devices.

8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, published in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics for the LTD19 special issue

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