High-current resolution broad-band SQUID amplifier suitable for TES calorimeter

Author

Morooka, Toshimitsu ; Tanaka, Keiichi ; Chinone, Kazuo

Author_Institution

Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, Japan

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1866

Lastpage

1871

Abstract

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) amplifier has been developed as a current detector with both high-current resolution and broad bandwidth for a transition edge sensor calorimeter. The amplifier is a two stage SQUID (TSS) that consists of an input-SQUID with a 38-turn input coil and a 100-serial SQUID array (100-SSA) output, and has been integrated on a 3 × 3 mm Si chip using Nb thin film fabrication technology. It is designed to increase the amplifier gain and maintain matching with the parameters of the calorimeter. To avoid flux trapping in the SSA, the washer coil of the dc-SQUIDs in the SSA was made with a narrow line width of 17.5 μm. We experimentally confirmed that the designed output voltage was achieved using a one-layer p-metal magnetic shield tube in the earth´s magnetic field. The performance of the shielded TSS amplifier was evaluated in liquid helium. The TSS amplifier had a gain of 10 kV/A and an impedance of 0.07 Ω at 100 kHz. When a flux locked loop circuit was used to drive the amplifier, a current resolution of 1 pA/√Hz and a rise time of 1 μs were achieved

Keywords

SQUIDs; calorimeters; flux pinning; niobium; superconducting thin films; wideband amplifiers; 0.07 ohm; 1 mus; 100 kHz; 17.5 micron; Nb; TES calorimeter; amplifier gain; broadband SQUID amplifier; current detector; current resolution; flux locked loop circuit; flux trapping; line width; magnetic shield tube; output voltage; transition edge sensor; washer coil; Bandwidth; Detectors; Fabrication; Interference; Magnetic shielding; Niobium; SQUIDs; Semiconductor thin films; Superconducting coils; Superconducting devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2002.802946

Filename

1029176