Design and performance of kilo-pixel TES arrays for ACTPol

E. A. Grace; J. A. Beall; J. Britton; H. M. Cho; M. J. Devlin; A. E. Fox; G. C. Hilton; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; J. Klein; M. Lungu; L. B. Newburgh; J. P. Nibarger; M. D. Niemack; J. McMahon; L. A. Page; C. Pappas; B. L. Schmitt; S. T. Staggs; E. J. Wollack

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Design and performance of kilo-pixel TES arrays for ACTPol

E. A. Grace, J. A. Beall, J. Britton, H. M. Cho, M. J. Devlin, A. E. Fox, G. C. Hilton, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, J. Klein, M. Lungu, L. B. Newburgh, J. P. Nibarger, M. D. Niemack, J. McMahon, L. A. Page, C. Pappas, B. L. Schmitt, S. T. Staggs, E. J. Wollack

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ACTPol, a polarization sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, is designed to make sensitive maps of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies at arcminute scales and millimeter wavelengths by employing three arrays of superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) detectors. The ACTPol TES bolometers have a target superconducting transition temperature of 150 mK and will be cooled to a bath temperature of 100 mK with a dilution refrigerator enabling increased array sensitivity. Each array will consist of ∼1000 TES detectors coupled to a micromachined silicon feedhorn stack via superconducting ortho-mode transducers and transmission lines. The superconducting detectors of the first ACTPol array have been characterized in their final receiver configuration with measurements of key TES parameters including the transition temperature, saturation power, and thermal conductance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6416936
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2013.2242191
State	Published - 2013

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Bolometer
cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarimetry
transition edge sensor (TES)

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Grace, E. A., Beall, J. A., Britton, J., Cho, H. M., Devlin, M. J., Fox, A. E., Hilton, G. C., Hubmayr, J., Irwin, K. D., Klein, J., Lungu, M., Newburgh, L. B., Nibarger, J. P., Niemack, M. D., McMahon, J., Page, L. A., Pappas, C., Schmitt, B. L., Staggs, S. T., & Wollack, E. J. (2013). Design and performance of kilo-pixel TES arrays for ACTPol. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 23(3), Article 6416936. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2013.2242191

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