Energy‐sensitive calorimetric detectors that operate at low temperatures (“cryogenic
detectors”) have recently been applied for the first time as ion detectors in time‐of‐flight …

We have developed a new type of x-ray detector based on a superconducting transition-
edge thermometer operated near 100 mK. A superconducting quantum interference device …

A multiple-analyser-crystal spectrometer for non-resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
spectroscopy installed at beamline ID16 of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility is …

Imaging spectroscopy has seen rapid progress over the past 25 years, leading to
breakthroughs in many fields of astronomy that would not have been otherwise possible …

We present an experimental study of the time scales for various quasiparticle processes in a
superconducting single photon spectrometer. Processes studied include quasiparticle …

Many scientific and industrial applications call for quantum-efficient high-energy-resolution
microcalorimeters for the measurement of x rays. The applications driving the development …

We have developed superconducting single-photon imaging X-ray detectors with an energy
resolution of 54 eV at 6 keV and a spatial resolution of 1/spl mu/m over an effective length of …

Niobium-based superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) with aluminum trapping layers as X-
ray detectors were fabricated. We applied a fabrication technique for reducing the leakage …

This invention provides a method and apparatus for particle detection utilizing an Al/normal-
metal bilayer transition edge sensor (TES) coupled with a particle absorber. The TES is …

Superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ) are a class of cryogenic detectors that rely on the
generation of free charge carriers by breaking Cooper pairs in a superconducting material …