학술논문
In-flight gain monitoring of SPIDER's transition-edge sensor arrays
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Filippini, J. P.; Gambrel, A. E.; Rahlin, A. S.; Young, E. Y.; Ade, P. A. R.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S. J.; Bergman, A. S.; Bihary, R.; Bock, J. J.; Bond, J. R.; Bonetti, J. A.; Bryan, S. A.; Chiang, H. C.; Contaldi, C. R.; Dore, O.; Duivenvoorden, A. J.; Eriksen, H. K.; Farhang, M.; Fraisse, A. A.; Freese, K.; Galloway, M.; Gandilo, N. N.; Ganga, K.; Gualtieri, R.; Gudmundsson, J. E.; Halpern, M.; Hartley, J.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G.; Holmes, W.; Hristov, V. V.; Huang, Z.; Irwin, K. D.; Jones, W. C.; Karakci, A.; Kuo, C. L.; Kermish, Z. D.; Leung, J. S. -Y.; Li, S.; Mak, D. S. Y.; Mason, P. V.; Megerian, K.; Moncelsi, L.; Morford, T. A.; Nagy, J. M.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nolta, M.; O'Brient, R.; Osherson, B.; Padilla, I. L.; Racine, B.; Reintsema, C.; Ruhl, J. E.; Runyan, M. C.; Ruud, T. M.; Shariff, J. A.; Shaw, E. C.; Shiu, C.; Soler, J. D.; Song, X.; Trangsrud, A.; Tucker, C.; Tucker, R. S.; Turner, A. D.; van der List, J. F.; Weber, A. C.; Wehus, I. K.; Wen, S.; Wiebe, D. V.
Source
Journal of Low Temperature Physics (2022)
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Abstract
Experiments deploying large arrays of transition-edge sensors (TESs) often require a robust method to monitor gain variations with minimal loss of observing time. We propose a sensitive and non-intrusive method for monitoring variations in TES responsivity using small square waves applied to the TES bias. We construct an estimator for a TES's small-signal power response from its electrical response that is exact in the limit of strong electrothermal feedback. We discuss the application and validation of this method using flight data from SPIDER, a balloon-borne telescope that observes the polarization of the cosmic microwave background with more than 2000 TESs. This method may prove useful for future balloon- and space-based instruments, where observing time and ground control bandwidth are limited.
Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures; Proceedings of the 19th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD19); Minor updates to match published version
Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures; Proceedings of the 19th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD19); Minor updates to match published version