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Characterization of a Two-Channel Optical and Near-infrared Transition Edge Sensor System for Rare-Event Searches

Axel Lindner, Christina Schwemmbauer, Elmeri Rivasto, Friederike Januschek, Gulden Othman, Jose Alejandro Rubiera Gimeno, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Manuel Meyer

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keywords transition edge sensorsdark count rateenergy resolutionrare-event searchesaxion detectionoptical fiber coupling1064 nm photons
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The pith

A two-channel tungsten transition edge sensor system reaches 86 percent detection efficiency and sub-6 millihertz dark counts for 1064 nm photons.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper presents a full characterization of a detector module built from two tungsten transition edge sensors coupled to an optical fiber and optimized for 1064 nm light. It measures an overall system efficiency of 86 percent, energy resolution better than 7 percent, and a background rate of photon-like events below 6 mHz. These numbers are shown to be sufficient to register monochromatic signals at rates of a few times 10 to the minus 5 per second within a few weeks of running at five-sigma significance. The background is consistent with thermal radiation from the room-temperature environment. The resulting sensitivity is presented as adequate for rare-event searches such as axion or axion-like-particle experiments.

Core claim

The two-channel TES module achieves a system detection efficiency of (86±1) percent, an energy resolution better than 7 percent, and a photon-like dark-count rate below 6 mHz when read out through an optical fiber. An unbinned likelihood analysis finds this background compatible with blackbody radiation from the laboratory. The energy-resolving capability allows the detection of pure 1064 nm signals at rates greater than or equal to 2.7 times 10 to the minus 5 Hz (corresponding to powers of 5 times 10 to the minus 24 W) within 20 days at 5 sigma .

What carries the argument

The two-channel tungsten transition edge sensor module, which resolves photon energy while delivering high quantum efficiency and low dark counts at 1064 nm.

If this is right

  • Monochromatic 1064 nm signals become detectable at rates above 2.7 times 10 to the minus 5 Hz within 20 days of live time at 5 sigma .
  • The same detectors are suitable for axion and axion-like-particle searches in ALPS II or axion interferometers.
  • The energy-resolution information can be used to distinguish signal photons from the thermal background in any rare-event TES application.
  • The demonstrated methodologies extend directly to other optical or near-infrared rare-event searches that employ transition edge sensors.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If additional backgrounds appear only in the full optical chain, the quoted sensitivity would degrade unless shielding or filtering is added.
  • The same two-channel architecture could be retuned for other wavelengths by changing the TES film thickness or bias point.
  • Energy-resolved counting may allow subtraction of non-monochromatic backgrounds that a simple rate measurement would miss.

Load-bearing premise

The laboratory dark-count rate stays representative once the module is inserted into a complete experimental apparatus containing additional optics and cryogenics.

What would settle it

A measured dark-count rate well above 6 mHz once the sensors are integrated into the full ALPS II optical path, or the inability to register a calibrated 1064 nm signal at the stated rate after 20 days, would falsify the performance claims.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.07423 by Axel Lindner, Christina Schwemmbauer, Elmeri Rivasto, Friederike Januschek, Gulden Othman, Jose Alejandro Rubiera Gimeno, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Manuel Meyer.

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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: Results of the SDE measurements. Markers indicate which TES was taking data during the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
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Transition edge sensors (TESs) are superconducting energy-resolving microcalorimeters that have demonstrated low background rates as well as quantum efficiencies close to unity for photons at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. This makes these detectors well suited for rare-event searches. We report on the comprehensive characterization of a two-channel detector module consisting of two tungsten TESs optimized for the detection of photons with a wavelength of 1064nm. The devices achieve a system detection efficiency of $(86\pm1)$%, an energy resolution better than 7%, and a background dark-count rate of photon-like events below 6mHz when coupled to an optical fiber. Using an unbinned likelihood framework, we find the dark count rate to be compatible with blackbody radiation from the room-temperature laboratory environment. Thanks to the energy resolution of the TESs, we show that it is possible to detect monochromatic signals at 1064nm with photon rates $\geqslant 2.7_{-0.6}^{+0.8} \times10^{-5}$Hz, which corresponds to a power of $\geqslant(5.0_{-1.1}^{+1.4})\times10^{-24}$W, within 20 days of measurement time at the 5$\sigma$ confidence level. This makes our detectors well suited for searches for hypothetical axions and axion-like particles with experiments such as the Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) or axion interferometers. The developed methodologies are not only applicable to axion searches, but are also relevant for rare-event searches with TESs in general.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper characterizes a two-channel tungsten TES detector module optimized for 1064 nm photons. It reports a system detection efficiency of (86±1)%, energy resolution better than 7%, and a background dark-count rate of photon-like events below 6 mHz when coupled to an optical fiber. An unbinned likelihood analysis finds the dark counts compatible with room-temperature blackbody radiation. The work projects that monochromatic signals at 1064 nm with rates ≥2.7_{-0.6}^{+0.8}×10^{-5} Hz (power ≥(5.0_{-1.1}^{+1.4})×10^{-24} W) can be detected at 5σ in 20 days, positioning the system for axion searches in ALPS II.

Significance. If the reported performance metrics hold, the work demonstrates that TES detectors can achieve the combination of near-unity efficiency, sub-7% resolution, and sub-6 mHz background needed for rare-event optical searches. The direct measurements and unbinned likelihood framework for background modeling and sensitivity projection are strengths that provide a reproducible basis for projecting detection limits in axion-like particle experiments.

major comments (1)
  1. The 5σ sensitivity projection (abstract and associated analysis) that signals at rates ≥2.7×10^{-5} Hz are detectable in 20 days rests on the measured dark-count rate (<6 mHz, modeled as room-temperature blackbody) remaining dominant. The manuscript provides no ray-tracing, temperature map, or aperture calculation for the ALPS II regeneration cavity and optical path to confirm that additional backgrounds from warm windows, scattered light, or cavity leakage will not exceed this threshold. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim of suitability for ALPS II.
minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract states the efficiency, resolution, and dark-count values with uncertainties but does not reference the specific section or figure where the unbinned likelihood fit results and error propagation are shown; adding this cross-reference would improve traceability.
  2. Notation for the asymmetric uncertainties on the projected rate and power (e.g., 2.7_{-0.6}^{+0.8}) is clear in the abstract but should be defined explicitly in the methods section for readers unfamiliar with the likelihood framework.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our work and the opportunity to address the major comment. We respond point by point below.

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  1. Referee: The 5σ sensitivity projection (abstract and associated analysis) that signals at rates ≥2.7×10^{-5} Hz are detectable in 20 days rests on the measured dark-count rate (<6 mHz, modeled as room-temperature blackbody) remaining dominant. The manuscript provides no ray-tracing, temperature map, or aperture calculation for the ALPS II regeneration cavity and optical path to confirm that additional backgrounds from warm windows, scattered light, or cavity leakage will not exceed this threshold. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim of suitability for ALPS II.

    Authors: We agree that the sensitivity projection assumes the laboratory-measured dark-count rate remains representative. This manuscript is a detector characterization study reporting the TES module performance (efficiency, resolution, and background) when coupled to an optical fiber in a controlled environment. The 5σ projection illustrates the detector's potential for rare-event searches based on these metrics. We do not provide ray-tracing, temperature maps, or aperture calculations for the ALPS II regeneration cavity because those pertain to the full experimental integration and optical path design, which lie outside the scope of this work. To address the concern, we will add an explicit statement in the discussion section clarifying that the projection assumes no significant additional backgrounds from the ALPS II optical path and that such backgrounds must be evaluated separately as part of the experiment's integration studies. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: sensitivity projection is a standard forward statistical calculation from measured background rate and resolution.

full rationale

The paper's core results are direct experimental measurements (system efficiency 86±1%, energy resolution <7%, dark-count rate <6 mHz) obtained from lab fiber-coupled data. The unbinned likelihood analysis is used only to demonstrate compatibility of the observed counts with a room-temperature blackbody model; this is a consistency check, not an input that is later renamed as a prediction. The 5σ sensitivity claim (≥2.7×10^{-5} Hz monochromatic signal detectable in 20 days) is computed from the measured background rate, the energy-resolving capability, and standard Poisson or likelihood statistics for signal-on-background detection. No equation reduces the projected rate to a fitted parameter by construction, no self-citation supplies a load-bearing uniqueness theorem or ansatz, and no known empirical pattern is merely relabeled. The assumption that the lab dark-count rate will hold in the ALPS II setup is an external-validity question, not a circularity in the derivation chain itself.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rely on standard assumptions of TES operation and blackbody radiation modeling; no new entities are postulated.

free parameters (1)
  • dark count rate upper limit
    Derived from unbinned likelihood fit to observed events and stated as compatible with room-temperature blackbody radiation.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Observed dark counts are compatible with blackbody radiation from the room-temperature laboratory environment.
    Invoked to interpret the measured background rate and support the sensitivity projection.

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