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 …

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

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

We report on the design, commissioning, and initial measurements of a Transition-Edge
Sensor (TES) x-ray spectrometer for the Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) at the National …

Large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters are
becoming the key technology for future space-based X-ray observatories and ground-based …

In transition-edge sensors (TESs), the addition of normal metal stripes on top of the
superconducting bilayer, perpendicular to the current direction, is known to globally alter the …

Transition-edge sensors (TESs) are thermal detectors in which a superconducting film that is
electrically biased in the superconducting-to-normal transition is used as a thermometer. In …

We are developing kilo-pixel arrays of transition-edge sensors (TESs) for the X-ray Integral
Field Unit on ESA's Athena observatory. Previous measurements of AC-biased Mo/Au TESs …

We report on the fabrication and characterization of Mo films, Mo/Au and Mo/Cu bilayers for
Transition Edge Sensors (TES). The fabrication conditions (at room temperature) have been …

Mo/Au transition-edge sensors exhibit weak-link behavior in the measured temperature, TT
and field, BB dependence of the critical current I_ C (T, B) IC (T, B). This is a consequence of …