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Antenna-coupled TES bolometer arrays for CMB polarimetry

We describe the design and performance of polarization selective antenna-coupled TES arrays that will be used in several upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments: SPIDER, BICEP-2/SPUD. The fully lithographic polarimeter arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-12 C. L. Kuo , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. Brevik , G. Chattopadhyay , P. K. Day , S. Golwala , M. Kenyon , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , H. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , A. Trangsrud , A. Turner , G. Wang , J. Zmuidzinas

PoGOLite - A High Sensitivity Balloon-Borne Soft Gamma-ray Polarimeter

We describe a new balloon-borne instrument (PoGOLite) capable of detecting 10% polarisation from 200mCrab point-like sources between 25 and 80keV in one 6 hour flight. Polarisation measurements in the soft gamma-ray band are expected to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Tuneyoshi Kamae , Viktor Andersson , Makoto Arimoto , Magnus Axelsson , Cecilia Marini Bettolo , Claes-Ingvar Björnsson , Gilles Bogaert , Per Carlson , William Craig , Tomas Ekeberg , Olle Engdegård , Yasushi Fukazawa , Shuichi Gunji , Linnea Hjalmarsdotter , Bianca Iwan , Yoshikazu Kanai , Jun Kataoka , Nobuyuki Kawai , Jaroslav Kazejev , Mózsi Kiss , Wlodzimierz Klamra , Stefan Larsson , Grzegorz Madejski , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Johnny Ng , Mark Pearce , Felix Ryde , Markus Suhonen , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tadayuki Takahashi , Takuya Tanaka , Timothy Thurston , Masaru Ueno , Gary Varner , Kazuhide Yamamoto , Yuichiro Yamashita , Tomi Ylinen , Hiroaki Yoshida

Angular and Polarization Response of Multimode Sensors with Resistive-Grid Absorbers

High sensitivity receiver systems with near ideal polarization sensitivity are highly desirable for development of millimeter and sub-millimeter radio astronomy. Multimoded bolometers provide a unique solution to achieve such sensitivity,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 Akito Kusaka , Edward J. Wollack , Thomas R. Stevenson

Design and characterization of 90 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeter pixels in the SPTpol camera

The SPTpol camera is a two-color, polarization-sensitive bolometer receiver, and was installed on the 10 meter South Pole Telescope in January 2012. SPTpol is designed to study the faint polarization signals in the Cosmic Microwave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. T. Sayre , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

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

Balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry with PoGOLite

PoGOLite is a hard X-ray polarimeter operating in the 25-100 keV energy band. The instrument design is optimised for the observation of compact astrophysical sources. Observations are conducted from a stabilised stratospheric balloon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Mark Pearce , Hans-Gustav Florén , Miranda Jackson , Tune Kamae , Mózsi Kiss , Merlin Kole , Elena Moretti , Göran Olofsson , Stefan Rydström , Jan-Erik Strömberg , Hiromitsu Takahashi

Year two instrument status of the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiver

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed for high-precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The SPT measures both the temperature and polarization of the CMB with a large aperture,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 A. N. Bender , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , J. S. Avva , K. Aylor , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , B. A. Benson , L. S. Bleem , S. Bocquet , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. F. Cliche , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , S. Dodelson , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , A. Foster , J. Gallicchio , A. Gilbert , J. C. Groh , S. T. Guns , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , L. Knox , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , W. Quan , S. Raghunathan , A. Rahlin , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2-m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Marsden , P. A. R. Ade , S. Benton , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , J. Chung , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , L. Fissel , M. Griffin , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , J. Klein , A. Korotkov , C. J. MacTavish , P. G. Martin , T. G. Martin , T. G. Matthews , P. Mauskopf , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , E. Pascale , L. Olmi , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , G. Savini , D. Scott , C. Semisch , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , D. Ward-Thompson , D. V. Wiebe

The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment

We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to characterize the arc-minute angular scale B-mode signal from weak…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 A. Suzuki , P. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , B. Barch , D. Barron , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dunner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , G. Fuller , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. De Haan , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , F. Irie , G. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , O. Jeong , N. Katayama , J. Kaufman , K. Kazemzadeh , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , K. Mizukami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Rebeiz , C. Raum , C. Reichardt , P. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , Y. Segawa , B. Sherwin , I. Shirley , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , A. Tikhomirov , T. Tomaru , B. Westbrook , N. Whitehorn , T. Yamashita , A. Zahn , O. Zahn

Anti-reflection Coated Vacuum Window for the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) balloon-borne instrument

Measuring the faint polarization signal of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) not only requires high optical throughput and instrument sensitivity but also control over systematic effects. Polarimetric cameras or receivers used in this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-16 Rahul Datta , David T. Chuss , Joseph Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Natalie N. Gandilo , Kyle Helson , Alan J. Kogut , Luke Lowe , Paul Mirel , Karwan Rostem , Marco Sagliocca , Danielle Sponseller , Eric R. Switzer , Peter A. Taraschi , Edward J. Wollack

Waveguide metacouplers for in-plane polarimetry

The state of polarization (SOP) is an inherent property of the vectorial nature of light and a crucial parameter in a wide range of remote sensing applications. Nevertheless, the SOP is rather cumbersome to probe experimentally, as…

Optics · Physics 2016-07-08 Anders Pors , Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the CMB anisotropy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , D. Maino , P. Platania , S. Garavaglia , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi F. Pasian , O. D'arcangelo , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi

Wide-scanning Circularly Polarized Reflector-based Modulated Metasurface Antenna Enabled by a Broadband Polarizer

A circularly polarized leaky-wave antenna capable of frequency scanning is proposed in this paper. The main objective is to achieve high gain and polarization purity without the need for a complex feed network. The antenna consists of two…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Ali Mohammad Hakimi , Ali Keivaan , Homayoon Oraizi , Amrollah Amini

Science with a large field-of-view polarization survey: The Large Array Survey Telescope Polarization Node (LAST-P)

Optical polarimetry provides information on the geometry of the emitting region, the magnetic field configuration and the properties of dust in astrophysical sources. Current state-of-the-art instruments typically have a small field of view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-23 V. Barbosa Martins , N. Jordana Mitjans , S. Garrappa , A. Franckowiak , E. O. Ofek , S. Ben-Ami , J. Borowska-Naguszewska , V. Fallah Ramazani , R. Konno , D. Kuesters , R. D. Parsons , D. Polishook , I. Sadeh , O. Savushkin , E. Segre , N. Strotjohann , S. Weimann

Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter Control Software

The WALOPControl software is designed to facilitate comprehensive control and operation of the WALOP (Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter) polarimeters, ensuring safe and concurrent management of various instrument components and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 John A. Kypriotakis , Bhushan Joshi , Dmitry Blinov , Sebastian Kiehlmann , Ramya M. Anche , Ioannis Liodakis , Myrto Falalaki , Tuhin Ghosh , Eirik Gjerløw , Siddharth Maharana , Nikolaos Mandarakas , Georgia V. Panopoulou , Katerina Papadaki , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Vincent Pelgrims , Stephen B. Potter , Chaitanya V. Rajarshi , A. N. Ramaprakash , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Raphael Skalidis , Konstantinos Tassis

Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 Zhaodi Pan , Peter Ade , Zeeshan Ahmed , Anderson Adam , Jason Austermann , Jessica Avva , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Bender Amy , Bradford Benson , John Carlstrom , Faustin Carter , Thomas Cecil , Clarence Chang , Jean-Francois Cliche , Ariel Cukierman , Edward Denison , Tijmen de Haan , Junjia Ding , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Dutcher , Wendeline Everett , Allen Foster , Renae Gannon , Adam Gilbert , John Groh , Nils Halverson , Angelina Harke-Horsemann , Nicholas Harrington , Jaosn Henning , Gene Hilton , William Holzapfel , Nicholas Huang , Kent Irwin , Oliver Jeong , Michalle Jonas , Trupti Khaire , Anna Kofman , Milo Korman , Donna Kubik , Steve Kuhlmann , Chaolin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Amy Lowitz , Stephan Meyer , Daniel Michalik , Joshua Montgomery , Andrew Nadolski , Tyler Natoli , Hogan Nguyen , Gavin Noble , Valentyn Novosad , Stephan Padin , John Pearson , Chrystian Posada , Alexandra Rahlin , John Ruhl , Lauren Saunders , James Sayre , Ian Shirley , Erik Shirokoff , Graeme Smecher , Joshua Sobrin , Antony Stark , Kyle Story , Aritoki Suzuki , Qingyang Tang , Keith Thompson , Carole Tucker , Leila Vale , Keith Vanderlinde , Joaquin Vieira , Gensheng Wang , Nathan Whitehorn , Volodymyr Yefremenko , Ki Won Yoon , Matt Young

WALOP-South: A Four Camera One Shot Imaging Polarimeter for PASIPHAE Survey. Paper I -- Optical Design

The WALOP-South instrument will be mounted on the 1 m SAAO telescope in South Africa as part of the PASIPHAE program to carry out a linear imaging polarization survey of the Galactic polar regions in the optical band. Designed to achieve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Siddharth Maharana , John A. Kypriotakis , A. N. Ramaprakash , Chaitanya Rajarshi , Ramya M. Anche , Shrish , Dmitry Blinov , Hans Kristian Eriksen , Tuhin Ghosh , Eirik Gjerløw , Nikolaos Mandarakas , Georgia V. Panopoulou , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Vincent Pelgrims , Stephen B. Potter , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Raphael Skalidis , Konstantinos Tassis , Ingunn K. Wehus

The White Mountain Polarimeter Telescope and an Upper Limit on CMB Polarization

The White Mountain Polarimeter (WMPol) is a dedicated ground-based microwave telescope and receiver system for observing polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. WMPol is located at an altitude of 3880 meters on a plateau in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alan R. Levy , Rodrigo Leonardi , Markus Ansmann , Marco Bersanelli , Jeffery Childers , Terrence D. Cole , Ocleto D'Arcangelo , G. Vietor Davis , Philip M. Lubin , Joshua Marvil , Peter R. Meinhold , Gerald Miller , Hugh O`Neill , Fabrizio Stavola , Nathan C. Stebor , Peter T. Timbie , Maarten van der Heide , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Brian D. Williams , Carlos A. Wuensche

Implementing and Verifying a Fourier Domain Approach to Fast Stochastic X-ray Polarimetry Timing

The launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), the first space-based polarimeter since 1978, offers a two order of magnitude improvement to the measurement of X-ray polarisation than its predecessor OSO-8, offering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-22 Melissa Ewing , Adam Ingram , John Rankin , Fabio Muleri

Polarimetry in the hard X-ray domain with INTEGRAL SPI

We present recent improvements in polarization analysis with the INTEGRAL SPI data. The SPI detector plane consists of 19 independent Ge crystals and can operate as a polarimeter. The anisotropy characteristics of Compton diffusions can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Chauvin , J. P. Roques , D. J. Clark , E. Jourdain