A kilopixel array of TES bolometers for ACT: development, testing, and first light

M. D. Niemack; Y. Zhao; E. Wollack; R. Thornton; E. R. Switzer; D. S. Swetz; S. T. Staggs; L. Page; O. Stryzak; H. Moseley; T. A. Marriage; M. Limon; J. M. Lau; J. Klein; M. Kaul; N. Jarosik; K. D. Irwin; A. D. Hincks; G. C. Hilton; M. Halpern; J. W. Fowler; R. P. Fisher; R. Dünner; W. B. Doriese; S. R. Dicker; M. J. Devlin; J. Chervenak; B. Burger; E. S. Battistelli; J. Appel; M. Amiri; C. Allen; A. M. Aboobaker

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A kilopixel array of TES bolometers for ACT: development, testing, and first light

M. D. Niemack
, Y. Zhao
, E. Wollack
, R. Thornton
, E. R. Switzer
, D. S. Swetz
, S. T. Staggs
, L. Page
, O. Stryzak
, H. Moseley
, T. A. Marriage
, M. Limon
, J. M. Lau
, J. Klein
, M. Kaul
, N. Jarosik
, K. D. Irwin
, A. D. Hincks
, G. C. Hilton
, M. Halpern

J. W. Fowler, R. P. Fisher, R. Dünner, W. B. Doriese, S. R. Dicker, M. J. Devlin, J. Chervenak, B. Burger, E. S. Battistelli, J. Appel, M. Amiri, C. Allen, A. M. Aboobaker

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Abstract

The Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera (MBAC) will be installed on the 6-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in late 2007. For the first season of observations, MBAC will comprise a 145 GHz diffraction-limited, 1024-pixel, focal plane array of Transition Edge Sensor (TES) Bolometers. This will be the largest array of pop-up-detector bolometers ever fielded as well as one of the largest arrays of TES bolometers. We discuss the design specifications for the array and pre-assembly testing procedures for the cryogenic components. We present dark measurements of the TES bolometer properties of numerous 32-pixel columns that have been assembled into the first kilopixel array for ACT, as well as optical measurements made with our 256-pixel prototype array, including first light measurements on ACT.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	690-696
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	151
Issue number	3-4 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-008-9729-2
State	Published - May 2008

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

Astrophysics
Bolometer
Cosmology
Detector array
TES

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Niemack, M. D., Zhao, Y., Wollack, E., Thornton, R., Switzer, E. R., Swetz, D. S., Staggs, S. T., Page, L., Stryzak, O., Moseley, H., Marriage, T. A., Limon, M., Lau, J. M., Klein, J., Kaul, M., Jarosik, N., Irwin, K. D., Hincks, A. D., Hilton, G. C., ... Aboobaker, A. M. (2008). A kilopixel array of TES bolometers for ACT: development, testing, and first light. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 151(3-4 PART 2), 690-696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-008-9729-2

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