Peltier microcalorimeter

Determination of the Rigorous Transfer Function of an Isothermal Titration Microcalorimeter with Peltier Compensation

An old problem in Isothermal Titration Calorimetry is the accurate characterisation of the instrument, i.e. the determination of the instrumental transfer function. Normally, this calibration is performed electrically or through well known chemical reactions, but the transfer function parameters obtained by both methods generally do not agree: the first method normally yields smaller time const...

Microcalorimeter and bolometer model

The standard nonequilibrium theory of noise in ideal bolometers and microcalorimeters fails to predict the performance of real devices due to additional effects that become important at low temperature. In this paper we extend the theory to include the most important of these effects and find that the performance of microcalorimeters operating at 60 mK can be quantitatively predicted. We give a...

SRON ' s TES Microcalorimeter

The 15-year development of the European interpretation of the Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeter is described within this document. In essence, a TES microcalorimeter is a high-resolution cryogenic photon detector that converts temperature changes induced by incoming photons into changes in electrical resistance. Conceptually, the device consists of an absorber, a detector, heat sink...

Semiconducting Microcalorimeter Innovation Pathway

This case describes the development of microcalorimeter detector arrays for applications in Xray astronomy. The key insight, which initiated the multi-decade (X-ray) microcalorimeter innovation pathway, is generally attributed to a particular Goddard (infrared) astrophysicist; however multiple institutions and individuals have played key roles over the last 30 years. The development of microcal...

Peltier tip calorimeter