Measurements of bolometer uniformity for feedhorn coupled TES polarimeters

J. E. Austermann; M. D. Niemack; J. W. Appel; J. A. Beall; D. Becker; D. A. Bennett; B. A. Benson; L. E. Bleem; J. Britton; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; H. M. Cho; A. T. Crites; T. Essinger-Hileman; W. Everett; N. W. Halverson; J. W. Henning; G. C. Hilton; K. D. Irwin; J. McMahon; J. Mehl; S. S. Meyer; L. P. Parker; S. M. Simon; S. T. Staggs; J. N. Ullom; C. Visnjic; K. W. Yoon; Y. Zhao

doi:10.1063/1.3292388

Measurements of bolometer uniformity for feedhorn coupled TES polarimeters

J. E. Austermann, M. D. Niemack, J. W. Appel, J. A. Beall, D. Becker, D. A. Bennett, B. A. Benson, L. E. Bleem, J. Britton, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. Chang, H. M. Cho, A. T. Crites, T. Essinger-Hileman, W. Everett, N. W. Halverson, J. W. Henning, G. C. Hilton, K. D. Irwin, J. McMahonJ. Mehl, S. S. Meyer, L. P. Parker, S. M. Simon, S. T. Staggs, J. N. Ullom, C. Visnjic, K. W. Yoon, Y. Zhao

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Abstract

We are developing feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeters to measure the polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. These devices will be deployed in arrays of hundreds to thousands and will be measured using multiplexed SQUID readout electronics. Since multiplexed devices share common circuitry, a high degree of uniformity is required in the electrothermal properties of the TES bolometers and readout circuits in order to operate all channels simultaneously with high sensitivity. Our cryogenic test bed can probe dozens of devices simultaneously, thus providing useful detector statistics on relatively short time scales. We describe the TES bolometer design and present dark (no optical loading) measurements of the electrical and thermal properties and uniformity of prototype bolometers across two 3-inch diameter production wafers, including (standard deviation in parenthesis): TES transition temperature (∼ 1%), normal resistance (∼ 10%), thermal conductance (≲ 10%), time constant (∼ 20%), shunt resistance (≲; 5%), and noise properties.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop
Pages	498-501
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292388
State	Published - 2009
Event	13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: Jul 20 2009 → Jul 24 2009

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1185
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13
Country/Territory	United States
City	Stanford, CA
Period	7/20/09 → 7/24/09

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

Keywords

Bolometer
Cosmology
Detector array
Polarimeter
TES

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Austermann, J. E., Niemack, M. D., Appel, J. W., Beall, J. A., Becker, D., Bennett, D. A., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Britton, J., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. M., Crites, A. T., Essinger-Hileman, T., Everett, W., Halverson, N. W., Henning, J. W., Hilton, G. C., Irwin, K. D., ... Zhao, Y. (2009). Measurements of bolometer uniformity for feedhorn coupled TES polarimeters. In Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop (pp. 498-501). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1185). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292388

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Austermann, JE, Niemack, MD, Appel, JW, Beall, JA, Becker, D, Bennett, DA, Benson, BA, Bleem, LE, Britton, J, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Cho, HM, Crites, AT, Essinger-Hileman, T, Everett, W, Halverson, NW, Henning, JW, Hilton, GC, Irwin, KD, McMahon, J, Mehl, J, Meyer, SS, Parker, LP, Simon, SM, Staggs, ST, Ullom, JN, Visnjic, C, Yoon, KW & Zhao, Y 2009, Measurements of bolometer uniformity for feedhorn coupled TES polarimeters. in Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1185, pp. 498-501, 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13, Stanford, CA, United States, 7/20/09. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292388

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