Feedhorn-Coupled transition-edge superconducting bolometer arrays for cosmic microwave background Polarimetry

J. Hubmayr, J. Austermann, J. Beall, D. Becker, H. M. Cho, R. Datta, S. M. Duff, E. Grace, N. Halverson, S. W. Henderson, G. C. Hilton, S. P. Ho, K. D. Irwin, B. J. Koopman, D. Li, J. Mcmahon, C. Munson, M. D. Niemack, C. Pappas, B. L. SchmittS. M. Simon, S. T. Staggs, J. Van Lanen, E. Wollack

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Abstract

NIST produces large-format, dual-polarizationsensitive detector arrays for a broad range of frequencies (30-1400 GHz). Such arrays enable a host of astrophysical measurements. Detectors optimized for cosmic microwave background observations are monolithic, polarization-sensitive arrays based on feedhorn and planar Nb antenna-coupled transitionedge superconducting (TES) bolometers. Recent designs achieve multiband, polarimetric sensing within each spatial pixel. In this proceeding, we describe our multichroic, feedhorn-coupled design; demonstrate performance at 70-380 GHz; and comment on current developments for implementation of these detector arrays in the advanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope receiver.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2015
Event26th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2015 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: Mar 16 2015Mar 18 2015

Other

Other26th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period3/16/153/18/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Radiation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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