Project Description
NIST scientists are working to develop energy resolving spectrometers implementing arrays of superconducting microcalorimeter sensors for single-photon counting spectroscopy. 听NIST utilizes these microcalorimeters for experimental research into measurements of highly charged ions and in an x-ray tomography microscope. 听Highly charged ions are a way to measure atomic structure and study high energy plasmas, and NIST maintains the database on these measurements and transitions. 听NIST is developing new 3D tools based on x-ray tomography of integrated circuits in support of the microelectronics industry and intelligence community.
Research Interests
Quantum calorimeters and readout electronics development and applications, transition-edge sensors (TES), microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKID), thermal kinetic inductance detectors (TKID), nonlinear kinetic inductance devices