Advanced SQUID readout of cryogenic detectors

A.W. Hamster, Michiel J. van Duuren, Jakob Flokstra +1 more

Fuminori Hirayama

Fuminori Hirayama, Satoshi Kohjiro, Daiji Fukuda +5 more

Michiel J. van Duuren

This thesis describes the development of low Tc superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on the relaxation oscillation principle. SQUIDs are the most sensitive magnetic flux sensors available nowadays. As they can detect very accurately any physical quantity that can be converted to a magnetic flux, their field of applications is wide-ranging. Examples of applications are the detection of the tiny magnetic fields generated by the human brain, the measurement of voltages in the picovolt range and the readout of cryogenic particle detectors.

G. Torrioli, Simona Lombardo, C. Macculi +2 more

Frequency Division Multiplexing technique for reading TES detectors with SQuID devices, requires high loop-gain up to MHz frequency range in the SQuID feedback loop. Such a requirement is difficult to achieve when the feedback loop has a physical length that makes the propagation times of signals not negligible, as in the case in which the readout electronics is placed at room temperature. A novel SQuID readout scheme, called Double Loop-Flux Locked loop (DLFLL), has been proposed earlier. According to this scheme it is possible to make use of a simplified cryogenic electronics, AC coupled, featuring low power dissipation, in order to obtain a cryogenic feedback loop that results in reduced propagation times of signals. The DC and low frequency signals are managed by a standard FLL electronics working at room temperature. Here we present the progress of the integrated Double Loop system.

C. DE LEO, G. Rotoli