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 …

In recent years, superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) have emerged as powerful,
energy-resolving detectors of single photons from the near infrared through gamma rays and …

Superconducting detector arrays have become the standard technology for the current
generation of millimeter-wave and submm-wave astronomical instruments on individual …

We report cosmic microwave background (CMB) power-spectrum measurements from the
first 100 deg 2 field observed by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) at 150 and 220 GHz. On …

Optical transition-edge sensors (TESs) have shown an energy resolution for resolving the
number of incident photons at the telecommunication wavelength. However, a higher energy …

Lynx is an x-ray telescope, one of four large satellite mission concepts currently being
studied by NASA to be a flagship mission. One of Lynx's three instruments is an imaging …

Understanding the physical properties of the superconducting-to-normal transition is
fundamental for optimizing the design and performance of transition-edge sensors (TESs) …

Photon-number resolving transition-edge sensors (TESs) with near unity system detection
efficiency enable novel approaches to quantum computing, for example, heralding robust …

We are developing arrays of X-ray microcalorimeters on a 50-µm pitch that utilize transition-
edge sensors as the sensor to measure the temperature rise when X-rays are absorbed. An …

We present a detailed analysis of the fundamental noise sources in superconducting
transition-edge sensors (TESs), ac voltage biased at MHz frequencies and treated as …