Superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters are being developed for a
variety of potential astrophysics missions, including Athena. The X-ray integral field unit …

We are developing a transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter array based on a Ti/Au
superconducting bilayer, as a backup option for the X-IFU instrument on the Athena X-ray …

We are developing superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for
astronomical x-ray spectroscopy. We have obtained very high energy resolution (2.4 eV at …

Superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters have demonstrated the
Constellation-X requirements for spectral resolution, speed, and pixel size in a close-packed …

The state-of-the-art technology of X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting
transition-edge sensors (TESs), for applications in astrophysics and particle physics, is …

We are developing small-pixel transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters for solar physics
and astrophysics applications. These large format close-packed arrays are fabricated on …

We have characterized a full-scale transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter array as a
milestone towards the demonstration of technology readiness level (TRL) 5 for the detector …

We present measurements from a series of transition-edge x-ray microcalorimeters
designed for optimal energy resolution. We used the geometry of the sensors to control their …

At SRON we are developing Frequency Domain Multiplexing for the read-out of
superconducting transition edge sensor microcalorimeters for future X-ray astrophysical …

Uniform large transition-edge sensor (TES) arrays are fundamental for the next generation of
x-ray space observatories. These arrays are required to achieve an energy resolution ΔE< 3 …