Development of a Real-Time Pulse Processing Algorithm for TES-Based X-Ray Microcalorimeters

被引：7

作者：

Tan, Hui ^{[1
]}

Hennig, Wolfgang ^{[1
]}

Warburton, William K. ^{[1
]}

Doriese, W. Bertrand ^{[2
]}

Kilbourne, Caroline A. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] XIA LLC, Hayward, CA 94544 USA

[2] NIST, Boulder, CO 80305 USA

[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | 2011年 / 21卷 / 03期

关键词：

Algorithm; microcalorimeters; optimal filter; real-time pulse processing; transition-edge sensors; SYSTEM;

D O I：

10.1109/TASC.2010.2082473

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

We report here a real-time pulse processing algorithm for superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) based x-ray microcalorimeters. TES-based microcalorimeters offer ultra-high energy resolutions, but the small volume of each pixel requires that large arrays of identical microcalorimeter pixels be built to achieve sufficient detection efficiency. That in turn requires as much pulse processing as possible must be performed at the front end of readout electronics to avoid transferring large amounts of data to a host computer for post-processing. Therefore, a real-time pulse processing algorithm that not only can be implemented in the readout electronics but also achieve satisfactory energy resolutions is desired. We have developed an algorithm that can be easily implemented in hardware. We then tested the algorithm offline using several data sets acquired with an 8 x 8 Goddard TES x-ray calorimeter array and 2 x 16 NIST time-division SQUID multiplexer. We obtained an average energy resolution of close to 3.0 eV at 6 keV for the multiplexed pixels while preserving over 99% of the events in the data sets.

引用

页码：276 / 280

页数：5

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