@inproceedings{936946fd005740049daac3e39c1c066a,
title = "BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization",
abstract = "Bicep3 is a 550 mm-aperture refracting telescope for polarimetry of radiation in the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. It adopts the methodology of Bicep1, Bicep2 and the Keck Array experiments | it possesses sufficient resolution to search for signatures of the inflation-induced cosmic gravitational-wave background while utilizing a compact design for ease of construction and to facilitate the characterization and mitigation of systematics. However, Bicep3 represents a significant breakthrough in per-receiver sensitivity, with a focal plane area 5x larger than a Bicep2/Keck Array receiver and faster optics (f=1:6 vs. f=2:4). Large-aperture infrared-reflective metal-mesh filters and infrared-absorptive cold alumina filters and lenses were developed and implemented for its optics. The camera consists of 1280 dual-polarization pixels; each is a pair of orthogonal antenna arrays coupled to transition-edge sensor bolometers and read out by multiplexed SQUIDs. Upon deployment at the South Pole during the 2014-15 season, Bicep3 will have survey speed comparable to Keck Array 150 GHz (2013), and will signifcantly enhance spectral separation of primordial B-mode power from that of possible galactic dust contamination in the Bicep2 observation patch.",
keywords = "BICEP, Cosmic Microwave Background, Gravitational Waves, Ination, Keck Array, Polarization",
author = "Z. Ahmed and M. Amiri and Benton, \{S. J.\} and Bock, \{J. J.\} and R. Bowens-Rubin and I. Buder and E. Bullock and J. Connors and Filippini, \{J. P.\} and Grayson, \{J. A.\} and M. Halpern and Hilton, \{G. C.\} and Hristov, \{V. V.\} and H. Hui and Irwin, \{K. D.\} and J. Kang and Karkare, \{K. S.\} and E. Karpel and Kovac, \{J. M.\} and Kuo, \{C. L.\} and Netterfield, \{C. B.\} and Nguyen, \{H. T.\} and R. O'Brient and Ogburn, \{R. W.\} and C. Pryke and Reintsema, \{C. D.\} and S. Richter and Thompson, \{K. L.\} and Turner, \{A. D.\} and Vieregg, \{A. G.\} and Wu, \{W. L.K.\} and Yoon, \{K. W.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 SPIE.; Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII ; Conference date: 24-06-2014 Through 27-06-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2057224",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jonas Zmuidzinas and Holland, \{Wayne S.\}",
booktitle = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII",
address = "United States",
}