The design and characterization of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for Advanced ACTPol

Sara M. Simon; Jason Austermann; James A. Beall; Steve K. Choi; Kevin P. Coughlin; Shannon M. Duff; Patricio A. Gallardo; Shawn W. Henderson; Felicity B. Hills; Shuay Pwu Patty Ho; Johannes Hubmayr; Alec Josaitis; Brian J. Koopman; Jeff J. McMahon; Federico Nati; Laura Newburgh; Michael D. Niemack; Maria Salatino; Alessandro Schillaci; Benjamin L. Schmitt; Suzanne T. Staggs; Eve M. Vavagiakis; Jonathan Ward; Edward J. Wollack

doi:10.1117/12.2233603

The design and characterization of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for Advanced ACTPol

Sara M. Simon
, Jason Austermann
, James A. Beall
, Steve K. Choi
, Kevin P. Coughlin
, Shannon M. Duff
, Patricio A. Gallardo
, Shawn W. Henderson
, Felicity B. Hills
, Shuay Pwu Patty Ho
, Johannes Hubmayr
, Alec Josaitis
, Brian J. Koopman
, Jeff J. McMahon
, Federico Nati
, Laura Newburgh
, Michael D. Niemack
, Maria Salatino
, Alessandro Schillaci
, Benjamin L. Schmitt

Suzanne T. Staggs, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Jonathan Ward, Edward J. Wollack

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Abstract

Advanced ACTPol (AdvACT) is an upgraded camera for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) that will measure the cosmic microwave background in temperature and polarization over a wide range of angular scales and five frequency bands from 28-230 GHz. AdvACT will employ four arrays of feedhorn-coupled, polarization- sensitive multichroic detectors. To accommodate the higher pixel packing densities necessary to achieve Ad- vACT's sensitivity goals, we have developed and optimized wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for the AdvACT multichroic arrays that maximize coupling efficiency while carefully controlling polarization systematics. We present the design, fabrication, and testing of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for the multichroic arrays of AdvACT.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Wayne S. Holland
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510602076
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233603
State	Published - 2016
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 28 2016 → Jul 1 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9914
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/28/16 → 7/1/16

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Advanced ACTPol
Cosmic microwave background
Feedhorn
Polarization
Spline-profiled
Wideband

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Simon, S. M., Austermann, J., Beall, J. A., Choi, S. K., Coughlin, K. P., Duff, S. M., Gallardo, P. A., Henderson, S. W., Hills, F. B., Ho, S. P. P., Hubmayr, J., Josaitis, A., Koopman, B. J., McMahon, J. J., Nati, F., Newburgh, L., Niemack, M. D., Salatino, M., Schillaci, A., ... Wollack, E. J. (2016). The design and characterization of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for Advanced ACTPol. In J. Zmuidzinas, & W. S. Holland (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII Article 991416 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9914). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233603

Simon, Sara M. ; Austermann, Jason ; Beall, James A. et al. / The design and characterization of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for Advanced ACTPol. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. editor / Jonas Zmuidzinas ; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2016. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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The design and characterization of wideband spline-profiled feedhorns for Advanced ACTPol. / Simon, Sara M.; Austermann, Jason; Beall, James A. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2016. 991416 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9914).

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