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Excess Noise in Superconducting Bolometers

M. K. Maul*, M. W. P. Strandberg, and R. L. Kyhl

  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

  • *Present address: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, N. J.

Phys. Rev. 182, 522 – Published 10 June, 1969

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.182.522

Abstract

A large excess of noise above that expected on the basis of thermal fluctuations has been observed in the output of thin-film Sn superconducting bolometers. The noise spectrum has been measured from 50 Hz to 4 MHz, with an additional measurement at 30 MHz as a function of applied magnetic field. The excess noise in the 100 KHz to 30 MHz range is found to be damped by the application of a perpendicular field of from 3 to 15 G. There is a 1f2 component at lower frequencies which is believed to be due to the detection of acoustic bubbling in the liquid helium. This portion of the noise was not affected by the application of a magnetic field.

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