Quantum capacitance detectors (QCDs) are photon shot noise-limited terahertz detectors
based on a single Cooper-pair box superconducting qubit. The QCD has demonstrated …

SRON is developing ultra-low-noise transition edge sensors (TESs) based on a
superconducting Ti/Au bilayer on a suspended SiN island with SiN legs for SAFARI aboard …

The quantum capacitance detector (QCD) is a high-sensitivity direct detector under
development for low background applications such as far-infrared (IR) spectroscopy from a …

We observed a sweep rate dependence of the quantum capacitance in a single Cooper-Pair
box used as the readout of a Quantum Capacitance Detector. A model was developed that …

Quasiparticle tunneling events are measured in real time using a quantum capacitance
detector (QCD), allowing for the extraction of tunneling rates as a function of temperature …

Transition edge sensor (TES) is the selected detector for the SAFARI FIR imaging
spectrometer (focal plane arrays covering a wavelength range from 30 to 210 μm) on the …

COrE (Cosmic Origins Explorer) is a fourth-generation full-sky, microwave-band satellite
recently proposed to ESA within Cosmic Vision 2015-2025. COrE will provide maps of the …

We are developing the SAFARI/S-band transition edge sensor (TES) based on a
superconducting Ti/Au bilayer on a suspended silicon nitride (Si x N y) membrane with …

SRON is developing TES detectors based on a superconducting Ti/Au bilayer on a
suspended SiN membrane for the short-wavelength band of the SAFARI instrument on …

SPICA is an infra-red (IR) telescope with a cryogenically cooled mirror (~ 5K) with three
instruments on board, one of which is SAFARI that is an imaging Fourier Transform …