Applied Physics Letters· 2025Q1
A niobium nitride superconducting hot electron bolometer direct terahertz detector working at 9 K
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A suspended NbN/Nb5N6 hot electron bolometer (HEB) detector achieves undegraded sensitivity at a 9 K bath temperature, double that of previous NbN HEBs.
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Abstract
Increasing the bath temperature of the hot electron bolometer (HEB) while ensuring sensitivity could expand the application field and reduce the system complexity and cost. This study proposed and prepared a suspended NbN/Nb5N6 HEB with doubled bath temperature and undegraded sensitivity compared to NbN HEB. Under the bath temperature of 9 K, the optical noise equivalent power of the system was still of the order of pW/Hz1/2. Moreover, the influence of thermal relaxation on the device sensitivity was simulated. The results would provide a pathway for improving the bath temperature and detector sensitivity through fine adjustments of the thermal boundaries.
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