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Quantum Sensors Division Publications (2014 - 2010)

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Integration of TES microcalorimeters with microwave SQUID multiplexed readout.
DECEMBER 22, 2014
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, JOHN A. MATES, JOHNATHON D. GARD, ANDREW HOOVER, MICHEAL RABIN, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, LEILA R. VALE, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Dual-polarization-sensitive kinetic inductance detectors for balloon-borne, sub-millimeter polarimetry
MARCH 20, 2014
AUTHOR(S): JAMES A. BEALL, DAN BECKER, JUSTUS BREVIK, HSIAO-MEI CHO, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, DALE LI, DAVID P. PAPPAS, JEFFREY L. VAN LANEN, JOHANNES HUBMAYR
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Properties of TiN for Detector and Amplifier Applications
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
AUTHOR(S): JIANSONG GAO, MICHAEL R. VISSERS, MARTIN O. SANDBERG, DALE LI, HSIAO-MEI CHO, CLINT BOCKSTIEGEL, BEN MAZIN, HENRY G. LEDUC, SAPTARSHI CHAUDHURI, DAVID P. PAPPAS, K D. IRWIN
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Phase-slip lines as a resistance mechanism in transition-edge sensors
JANUARY 27, 2014
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, DANIEL S. SWETZ, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Physical Review Letters

Sub-100 mK cooling using normal-metal?insulator?superconductor tunnel junction
DECEMBER 15, 2013
AUTHOR(S): PETER J. LOWELL, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JASON M. UNDERWOOD, XIAOHANG NMN ZHANG, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Prototype Phantoms for Characterization of Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imagin
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
AUTHOR(S): MICHAEL A. BOSS, JOHN A. MATES, SARAH E. BUSCH, PAUL SANGIORGIO, STEPHEN E. RUSSEK, KAI BUCKENMAIER, KENT D. IRWIN, HSIAO-MEI CHO, GENE C. HILTON, JOHN CLARKE
Citation: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Identification and elimination of anomalous thermal decay in gamma-ray microcalorimeter
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
AUTHOR(S): ROBERT D. HORANSKY, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, BARRY L. ZINK, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

High resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy with a microwave-multiplexed TES arra
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
AUTHOR(S): OMID NOROOZIAN, JOHN A. MATES, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, JUSTUS A. BREVIK, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, JIANSONG GAO, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, KENT D. IRWIN, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM, ZHAO KANG
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Detection of B-mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background with data from the south pole telescope
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
AUTHOR(S): JOHANNES HUBMAYR, HSIAO-MEI CHO, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, DUNCAN HANSON
Citation: Physical Review Letters

Optimized superconducting detectors using the proximity effect in Ti/TiN multilayers
JUNE 14, 2013
AUTHOR(S): DAVID P. PAPPAS, MICHAEL R. VISSERS, JIANSONG GAO, MARTIN O. SANDBERG, DAVID S. WISBEY, KENT D. IRWIN
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Lattice damage in superconducting microcalorimeter detectors
JUNE 3, 2013
AUTHOR(S): ROBERT D. HORANSKY, JOEL N. ULLOM, MICHAEL W. RABIN
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Operation of gamma-ray microcalorimeters at elevated count rates using filters with constraints
MAY 15, 2013
AUTHOR(S): BRADLEY K. ALPERT, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, ANDREW HOOVER, MICHAEL W. RABIN, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Review of Scientific Instruments

Table-top ultrafast x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometry for molecular structure
MARCH 26, 2013
AUTHOR(S): JENS (. UHLIG, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, DANIEL S. SWETZ, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, LEILA R. VALE, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, JOEL N. ULLOM, ILARI MAASILTA, WILFRED FULLAGAR, NIKLAS GADOR, SOPHIE CANTON, KIMMO KINNUNEN, VILLY SUNDSTROM
Citation: Physical Review Letters

Macroscale refrigeration by nanoscale electron transport
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
AUTHOR(S): PETER J. LOWELL, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JASON M. UNDERWOOD, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Nature Nanotechnology

Will Ultralow Temperatures Leave the Research Laboratory?
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
AUTHOR(S): JOEL ULLOM
Citation: Cold Facts

Resistance in transition-edge sensors: A comparison of the resistively shunted junction and two-fluid models
JANUARY 25, 2013
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, DANIEL S. SWETZ, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Physical Review Letters

Improvements in silicon oxide dielectric loss for superconducting microwave detector circuits
JANUARY 24, 2013
AUTHOR(S): DALE LI, JASON AUSTERMANN, JAMES A. BEALL, DANIEL T. BECKER, HSIAO-MEI CHO, ANNA E. FOX, NILS HALVERSON, JASON HENNING, GENE C. HILTON, JOHANNES HUBMAYR, JEFFREY L. VAN LANEN, JOHN P. NIBARGER, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, KENT D. IRWIN
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Current Distribution and Transition Width in Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor
DECEMBER 13, 2012
AUTHOR(S): DANIEL S. SWETZ, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Physical Review Letters

Dual-polarization sensitive MKIDs for far infrared astrophysics
DECEMBER 12, 2012
AUTHOR(S): JOHANNES HUBMAYR, JAMES A. BEALL, DANIEL T. BECKER, HSIAO-MEI CHO, BRAD DOBER, MARK DEVLIN, ANNA E. FOX, DALE LI, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, DAVID P. PAPPAS, LEILA R. VALE, KENT D. IRWIN, GENE C. HILTON
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Observation of bias-specific telegraph noise in large transition-edge sensors
DECEMBER 11, 2012
AUTHOR(S): VINCENT Y. KOTSUBO, DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, MARK CROCE, MICHAEL W. RABIN, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

A titanium-nitride near-infrared kinetic inductance photon-counting detector and its anomalous electrodynamics
OCTOBER 1, 2012
AUTHOR(S): MARTIN O. SANDBERG, FABIO C. DA SILVA, KENT D. IRWIN, DAVID P. PAPPAS, SAE WOO NAM, DAVID WISBEY, BEN MAZIN, SETH MEEKER, JONAS ZMUIDZINAS, HENRY G. LEDUC
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

A two-fluid model for the transition shape in transition-edge sensors
MAY 1, 2012
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, DANIEL S. SWETZ, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Demonstration of code-division multiplexing for x-ray microcalorimeters
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
AUTHOR(S): GREG STIEHL, W.BERTRAND (RANDY) DORIESE, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DAN SCHMIDT, DANIEL SWETZ, JOEL ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE, JOSEPH FOWLER
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Advanced Code-Division Multiplexers for Superconducting Detector Arrays
FEBRUARY 11, 2012
AUTHOR(S): KENT D. IRWIN, HSIAO-MEI CHO, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, GENE C. HILTON, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Optimization of the TES-bias circuit for a multiplexed microcalorimeter array
JANUARY 27, 2012
AUTHOR(S): WILLIAM B. DORIESE, BRADLEY K. ALPERT, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, GENE C. HILTON, ALEX S. HOJEM, KENT D. IRWIN, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, GREG STIEHL, DANIEL S. SWETZ, JOEL N. ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Refrigeration of separate, user-supplied payloads with Normal-Insulator-Superconductor tunnel junctions
JANUARY 24, 2012
AUTHOR(S): PETER J. LOWELL, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JASON M. UNDERWOOD, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Cryogenics

Optimization and analysis of code-division multiplexed TES microcalorimeters
JANUARY 20, 2012
AUTHOR(S): JOSEPH W. FOWLER, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, GREG STIEHL, DANIEL S. SWETZ, JOEL N. ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE
Proceedings Title: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

A high resolution gamma-ray spectrometer based on superconducting microcalorimeter
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, ANDREW HOOVER, RYAN WINKLER, BRADLEY K. ALPERT, JAMES A. BEALL, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, NATHAN J. HOTELING, VINCENT Y. KOTSUBO, JOHN A. MATES, GALEN C. O'NEIL, MICHAEL W. RABIN, CARL D. REINTSEMA, FRANCIS J. SCHIMA, DANIEL S. SWETZ, LEILA R. VALE, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Review of Scientific Instruments

Measurement and modeling of a large-area normal-metal/insulator/superconductor refrigerator with improved cooling
APRIL 5, 2012
AUTHOR(S): GALEN C. O'NEIL, PETER J. LOWELL, JOEL N. ULLOM, JASON M. UNDERWOOD
Citation: Physical Review B

Insensitivity of Sub-Kelvin Electron-Phonon Coupling to Substrate Properties
DECEMBER 16, 2011
AUTHOR(S): JASON M. UNDERWOOD, PETER J. LOWELL, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Physical Review Letters

An 84 Pixel All-Silicon Corrugated Feedhorn for CMB Measurements
DECEMBER 8, 2011
AUTHOR(S): JOHN P. NIBARGER, JAMES A. BEALL, DANIEL T. BECKER, JOSEPH W. BRITTON, HSIAO-MEI CHO, ANNA E. FOX, GENE C. HILTON, JOHANNES HUBMAYR, DALE LI, KENT D. IRWIN, JEFFREY L. VAN LANEN, JEFF MCMAHON, KI WON YOON
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Predicted Energy Resolution of a Running-Sum Algorithm for Microcalorimeters
DECEMBER 1, 2011
AUTHOR(S): BRADLEY K. ALPERT, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, JOSEPH W. FOWLER, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

An All Silicon Feedhorn-Coupled Focal Plane for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetr
DECEMBER 1, 2011
AUTHOR(S): JOHANNES HUBMAYR
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Andreev Reflections in Micrometer-Scale Normal Metal-Insulator-Superconductor Tunnel Junctions
NOVEMBER 24, 2011
AUTHOR(S): PETER J. LOWELL, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JASON M. UNDERWOOD, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

100 Years of Superconductivity: Electromagnetic and Particle Detection and Readou
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
AUTHOR(S): KENT D. IRWIN, JOHN CLARKE
Citation: 100 Years of Superconductivity

Strongly quadrature-dependent noise in superconducting microresonators measured at the vacuum-noise limit
JUNE 9, 2011
AUTHOR(S): JIANSONG GAO, KENT D. IRWIN, GENE C. HILTON, JOHN A. MATES, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, LEILA R. VALE, KONRAD W. LEHNERT, FRANCOIS MALLET, JONAS ZMUIDZINAS
Citation: Physical Review Letters

A High Resolution High-Sensitivity Standoff Imaging System at 350 GHz
MAY 23, 2011
AUTHOR(S): DANIEL T. BECKER, CALE GENTRY, JAMES A. BEALL, HSIAO-MEI CHO, WILLIAM DUNCAN, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, PETER J. LOWELL, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, NICHOLAS G. PAULTER JR., CARL D. REINTSEMA, FRANCIS J. SCHIMA, ROBERT E. SCHWALL, PETER ADE, CAROLE TUCKER, SIMON DICKER, HALPERN MARK
Proceedings Title: Millimeter Wave Days 2011

Al-Mn Transition Edge Sensors for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeters
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
AUTHOR(S): DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, HSIAO-MEI CHO, JOHANNES HUBMAYR, PETER J. LOWELL, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JOEL N. ULLOM, KI W. YOON, KENT D. IRWIN, W L. HOLZAPFEL, M LUEKER, E M. GEORGE, E SHIROKOFF
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Code-division SQUID multiplexing
APRIL 23, 2010
AUTHOR(S): MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, KENT D. IRWIN, JOERN BEYER, HSIAO-MEI CHO, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, GENE C. HILTON, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Superconductor Science and Technology
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
AUTHOR(S): KENT D. IRWIN, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, JOERN BEYER, HSIAO-MEI CHO, WILLIAM B. DORIESE, GENE C. HILTON, CARL D. REINTSEMA, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, JOEL N. ULLOM, LEILA R. VALE
Citation: Superconductor Science & Technology

Measurement of ion cascade energies through resolution degradation of alpha particle microcalorimeters
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
AUTHOR(S): ROBERT D. HORANSKY, GREG STIEHL, JAMES A. BEALL, KENT D. IRWIN, ALEX PLIONIS, MICHAEL W. RABIN, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Journal of Applied Physics

Stability of Al-MN transition edge sensors for frequency domain multiplexing
DECEMBER 3, 2010
AUTHOR(S): JOHANNES HUBMAYR
Proceedings Title: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Noise Performance of Lumped Element Direct Current Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Amplifiers in the 4 GHz-8 GHz Range
OCTOBER 4, 2010
AUTHOR(S): LAFE F. SPIETZ, KENT D. IRWIN, MINHYEA LEE, JOSE A. AUMENTADO
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Time-division SQUID multiplexers with reduced sensitivity to external magnetic field
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
AUTHOR(S): GREG STIEHL, HSIAO-MEI CHO, GENE C. HILTON, KENT D. IRWIN, JOHN A. MATES, CARL D. REINTSEMA, BARRY L. ZINK
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Al-Mn transition edge sensors for cosmic microwave background polarimeters
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
AUTHOR(S): DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, HSIAO-MEI CHO, JOHANNES HUBMAYR, PETER J. LOWELL, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, GALEN C. O'NEIL, JOEL N. ULLOM, KI W. YOON, KENT D. IRWIN
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

An Analytical Model for Pulse Shape and Electrothermal Stability in Two-Body Microcalorimeters
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
AUTHOR(S): DOUGLAS A. BENNETT, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, DANIEL S. SWETZ, LEILA R. VALE, JOEL N. ULLOM, ANDREW HOOVER, MICHAEL W. RABIN, NATHAN J. HOTELING
Citation: Applied Physics Letters

Quasiparticle Density of States Measurements in Clean Superconducting AlMn Alloys
MAY 6, 2010
AUTHOR(S): GALEN C. O'NEIL, DANIEL R. SCHMIDT, NATHAN A. TOMLIN, JOEL N. ULLOM
Citation: Physical Review B

A 350-GHz high-resolution high-sensitivity passive video imaging system
APRIL 27, 2010
AUTHOR(S): DANIEL T. BECKER, JAMES A. BEALL, HSIAO-MEI CHO, WILLIAM DUNCAN, KENT D. IRWIN, GENE C. HILTON, ROBERT D. HORANSKY, PETER J. LOWELL, MICHAEL D. NIEMACK, NICHOLAS G. PAULTER JR., CARL D. REINTSEMA, FRANCIS J. SCHIMA, ROBERT E. SCHWALL, KI W. YOON, PETER ADE, CAROLE TUCKER, SIMON DICKER, MARK HALPERN
Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the SPIE

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