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Antenna-Coupled TES Bolometers for CMB Polarimetry

We have developed a completely lithographic antenna-coupled bolometer for CMB polarimetry. The necessary components of a millimeter wave radiometer -- a beam forming element, a band defining filter, and the TES detectors -- are fabricated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. L. Kuo , J. J. Bock , G. Chattopadthyay , A. Goldin , S. Golwala , W. Holmes , K. Irwin , M. Kenyon , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , P. Rossinot , A. Vayonakis , G. Wang , M. Yun , J. Zmuidzinas

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER

We have developed antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers for a wide range of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry experiments, including BICEP2, Keck Array, and the balloon borne SPIDER. These detectors have…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Chattopadhyay , G. Davis , P. K. Day , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , H. G. Leduc , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , P. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , M. C. Runyan , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. Trangsrud , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon , J. Zmuidzinas

Multi-chroic dual-polarization bolometric detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We are developing multi-chroic antenna-coupled TES detectors for CMB polarimetry. Multi-chroic detectors increase the mapping speed per focal plane area and provide greater discrimination of polarized galactic foregrounds with no increase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-01 Aritoki Suzuki , Kam Arnold , Jennifer Edwards , Greg Engargiola , Adnan Ghribi , William Holzapfel , Adrian T. Lee , Xiao Fan Meng , Michael J. Myers , Roger O'Brient , Erin Quealy , Gabriel Rebeiz , Paul Richards , Darin Rosen , Praween Siritanasak

Antenna-coupled TES Bolometer Arrays for BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER

BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER are cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters targeting the B-mode polarization induced by primordial gravitational waves from inflation. They will be using planar arrays of polarization sensitive antenna-coupled…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Orlando , R. W Aikin , M. Amiri , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , B. Burger , G. Chattopadthyay , P. K. Day , J. P. Filippini , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , M. Kenyon , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , N. Llombart , H. T. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , C. D. Reintsema , M. C. Runyan , Z. Staniszewski , R. Sudiwala , G. Teply , A. R. Trangsrud , A. D. Turner , P. Wilson

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers for the Keck Array, Spider, and Polar-1

Between the BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments, we have deployed over 1500 dual polarized antenna coupled bolometers to map the Cosmic Microwave Background's polarization. We have been able to rapidly deploy these detectors because they are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. O'Brient , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , S. Benton , C. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , B. Burger , G. Davis , P. Day , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , J. Grayson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. Irwin , S. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , C. L. Pryke , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. Staniszewski , R. Sudiwala , G. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , R. S. Tucker , A. Vieregg , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

Commercially fabricated antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for next generation Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. The orders of magnitude increase in detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Aritoki Suzuki , Nicholas Cothard , Adrian T. Lee , Michael D. Niemack , Christopher Raum , Mario Renzullo , Trevor Sasse , Jason Stevens , Patrick Truitt , Eve Vavagiakis , John Vivalda , Benjamin Westrook , Daniel Yohannes

Commercialization of micro-fabrication of antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. CMB polarimetry experiments have deployed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Aritoki Suzuki , Chris Bebek , Maurice Garcia-Sciveres , Stephen Holland , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Nicholas Palaio , Natalie Roe , Leo Steinmetz

Multi-Chroic Feed-Horn Coupled TES Polarimeters

Multi-chroic polarization sensitive detectors offer an avenue to increase both the spectral coverage and sensitivity of instruments optimized for observations of the cosmic-microwave background (CMB) or sub-mm sky. We report on an effort to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. McMahon , J. Beall , D. Becker , H. M. Cho , R. Datta. A. Fox , N. Halverson , J. Hubmayr , K. Irwin , J. Nibarger , M. Niemack , H. Smith

Low Temperature Detectors for CMB Imaging Arrays

We review advances in low temperature detector (LTD) arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiments, with a particular emphasis on imaging arrays. We briefly motivate the science case, which has spurred a large number…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Johannes Hubmayr , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Jiansong Gao , Gene C. Hilton , Christopher M. McKenney , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers

Optical Design and Characterization of 40-GHz Detector and Module for the BICEP Array

Families of cosmic inflation models predict a primordial gravitational-wave background that imprints B-mode polarization pattern in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). High sensitivity instruments with wide frequency coverage and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-14 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. OBrient , S. Palladino , T. Prouve , N. Precup , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , B. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Schillaci , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , C. Zhang

Particle response of antenna-coupled TES arrays: results from SPIDER and the lab

Future mm-wave and sub-mm space missions will employ large arrays of multiplexed Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers. Such instruments must contend with the high flux of cosmic rays beyond our atmosphere that induce "glitches" in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 B. Osherson , J. P. Filippini , J. Fu , R. V. Gramillano , R. Gualtieri , E. C. Shaw , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , A. A. Fraisse , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , I. L. Padilla , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Design and Deployment of a Multichroic Polarimeter Array on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We present the design and the preliminary on sky performance with respect to beams and pass-bands of a multichroic polarimeter array covering the 90 and 146 GHz Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) bands and its enabling broadband optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 R. Datta , J. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , K. P. Coughlin , S. M. Duff , P. A. Gallardo , E. Grace , M. Hasselfield , S. W. Henderson , G. C. Hilton , S. P. Ho , J. Hubmayr , B. J. Koopman , J. V. Lanen , D. Li , J. McMahon , C. D. Munson , F. Nati , M. D. Niemack , L. Page , C. G. Pappas , M. Salatino , B. L. Schmitt , A. Schillaci , S. M. Simon , S. T. Staggs , J. R. Stevens , E. M. Vavagiakis , J. T. Ward , E. J. Wollack

High-impedence NbSi TES sensors for studying the cosmic microwave background radiation

Precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are crucial in cosmology, because any proposed model of the universe must account for the features of this radiation. Of all CMB measurements that the scientific community has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-08 Claudia Nones , Stefanos Marnieros , Alain Benoit , Laurent Bergé , Aurelien Bideau , Philippe Camus , Louis Dumoulin , Alessandro Monfardini , Olivier Rigaut

Multi-mode TES bolometer optimization for the LSPE-SWIPE instrument

In this paper we explore the possibility of using transition edge sensor (TES) detectors in multi-mode configuration in the focal plane of the Short Wavelength Instrument for the Polarization Explorer (SWIPE) of the balloon-borne…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-26 R. Gualtieri , E. S. Battistelli , A. Cruciani , P. de Bernardis , M. Biasotti , D. Corsini , F. Gatti , L. Lamagna , S. Masi

Silicon-Based Antenna-Coupled Polarization-Sensitive Millimeter-Wave Bolometer Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Instruments

We describe feedhorn-coupled polarization-sensitive detector arrays that utilize monocrystalline silicon as the dielectric substrate material. Monocrystalline silicon has a low-loss tangent and repeatable dielectric constant,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Karwan Rostem , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Ari Brown , Meng-Ping Chang , David T. Chuss , Felipe A. Colazo , Nick Costen , Kevin L. Denis , Tom Essinger-Hileman , Ron Hu , Tobias A. Marriage , Samuel H. Moseley , Thomas R. Stevenson , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

The POLARBEAR Experiment

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging from the experiment's 3.5 arcminute beam size to several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Z. Kermish , P. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , K. Arnold , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , A. T. Lee , M. Le Jeune , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , M. Shimon , C. Shimmin , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance

BICEP is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yuki D. Takahashi , Denis Barkats , John O. Battle , Evan M. Bierman , James J. Bock , H. Cynthia Chiang , C. Darren Dowell , Eric F. Hivon , William L. Holzapfel , Viktor V. Hristov , William C. Jones , J. P. Kaufman , Brian G. Keating , John M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , Andrew E. Lange , Erik M. Leitch , Peter V. Mason , Tomotake Matsumura , Hien T. Nguyen , Nicolas Ponthieu , Graca M. Rocha , Ki Won Yoon , P. Ade , L. Duband

Hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased array for millimeter wavelengths

We present the design, fabrication and measured performance of a hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased array coupled to superconducting transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers for millimeter wavelengths. The architecture allows for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-30 Ari Cukierman , Adrian T. Lee , Christopher Raum , Aritoki Suzuki , Benjamin Westbrook

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arnold , P. A. R. Ade , A. E. Anthony , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , X. Meng , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

Demonstration of 220/280 GHz Multichroic Feedhorn-Coupled TES Polarimeter

We describe the design and measurement of feedhorn-coupled, transition-edge sensor (TES) polarimeters with two passbands centered at 220 GHz and 280 GHz, intended for observations of the cosmic microwave background. Each pixel couples…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Samantha Walker , Carlos E. Sierra , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Bradley J. Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey L. Van Lanen , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Sara M. Simon , Joel N. Ullom , Michael R. Vissers