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Gottardi, L.; Adams, J.; Bailey, C.; Bandler, S.; Bruijn, M.; Chervenak, J.; Eckart, M.; Finkbeiner, F.; den Hartog, R.; Hoevers, H.; Kelley, R.; Kilbourne, C.; de Korte, P.; van der Kuur, J.; Lindeman, M.; Porter, F.; Sadlier, J.; Smith, S.
Journal of low temperature physics, 2012/5, Volume: 167, Issue: 3-4Journal Article
At SRON we are studying the performance of a Goddard Space Flight Center single pixel TES microcalorimeter operated in an AC bias configuration. For x-ray photons at 6 keV the pixel shows an x-ray energy resolution Δ E FWHM =3.7 eV, which is about a factor 2 worse than the energy resolution observed in an identical DC-biased pixel. In order to better understand the reasons for this discrepancy we characterised the detector as a function of temperature, bias working point and applied perpendicular magnetic field. A strong periodic dependency of the detector noise on the TES AC bias voltage is measured. We discuss the results in the framework of the recently observed weak-link behaviour of a TES microcalorimeter.
