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  • Measurements of dichroic bo...
    Revin, Leonid S; Pimanov, Dmitry A; Chiginev, Alexander V; Blagodatkin, Anton V; Zbrozhek, Viktor O; Samartsev, Andrey V; Orlova, Anastasia N; Masterov, Dmitry V; Parafin, Alexey E; Safonova, Victoria Yu; Gordeeva, Anna V; Pankratov, Andrey L; Kuzmin, Leonid S; Sidorenko, Anatolie S; Masi, Silvia; de Bernardis, Paolo

    Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    We consider properties of dichroic antenna arrays on a silicon substrate with integrated cold-electron bolometers to detect radiation at frequencies of 210 and 240 GHz. This frequency range is widely used in cosmic microwave background experiments in space, balloon, and ground-based missions such as BICEP Array, LSPE, LiteBIRD, QUBIC, Simons Observatory, and AliCPT. As a direct radiation detector, we use cold-electron bolometers, which have high sensitivity and a wide operating frequency range, as well as immunity to spurious cosmic rays. Their other advantages are the compact size of the order of a few micrometers and the effect of direct electron cooling, which can improve sensitivity in typical closed-loop cycle He cryostats for space applications. We study a novel concept of cold-electron bolometers with two SIN tunnel junctions and one SN contact. The amplitude-frequency characteristics measured with YBCO Josephson Junction oscillators show narrow peaks at 205 GHz for the 210 GHz array and at 225 GHz for the 240 GHz array; the separation of these two frequency bands is clearly visible. The noise equivalent power level at an operating point in the current bias mode is 5 × 10 W/√Hz.