Thermal kinetic inductance detector

摘要

A microcalorimeter for radiation detection that uses superconducting kinetic inductance resonators as the thermometers. The detector is frequency-multiplexed which enables detector systems with a large number of pixels.

主权项

1. A thermal kinetic inductance device for x-ray detection, comprising:
a superconducting inductor with thermally variable inductance thermally isolated from a heat bath; an x-ray absorber in thermal contact with the inductor via an energy mediating layer; a capacitor in electrical communication with the superconducting inductor; wherein the capacitor and the superconducting inductor forming a resonant circuit and the superconducting inductor configured to undergo an inductance change from thermal energy from the x-ray absorber.