Jul 22 – 26, 2019
Milano
Europe/Rome timezone

Transformer-Coupled TES Frequency Domain Readout Prototype

Jul 25, 2019, 5:45 PM
1h 15m
Piazza Città di Lombardia (Milano)

Piazza Città di Lombardia

Milano

Piazza Città di Lombardia, 1, 20124 Milano MI
Poster Detector readout, signal processing, and related technologies Poster session

Speaker

Maclean Rouble

Description

Frequency domain multiplexing (fMUX) is a mature readout scheme for TES detectors in the millimetre and sub-millimetre bands. It is implemented at MHz carrier frequencies for the South Pole Telescope, POLARBEAR, and Simons Array, and is planned for deployment on the LiteBIRD space polarimeter. Existing implementations couple to the detectors with low-noise, low-input impedance SQUID transimpedance amplifiers, and complex arrangements are in place to handle the inherent SQUID non-linearity and tuning requirements.
We introduce a new cryogenic amplification scheme that couples the multiplexed TES devices to a traditional FET amplifier using a high turns-ratio, wide-band, cryogenic transformer that steps up the TES impedance to the noise match of the amplifier. We characterize the bandwidth, transimpedance, input impedance, and noise of the transformer-coupled fMUX system to demonstrate that it is a promising candidate for SQUIDless MHz frequency domain multiplexing.

Student (Ph.D., M.Sc. or B.Sc.) Y
Less than 5 years of experience since completion of Ph.D Y

Primary author

Co-authors

Prof. Matt Dobbs (McGill University) Adam Gilbert (McGill University) Joshua Montgomery (McGill University) Gavin Noble (McGill University) Clara Vergès

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