Abstract
The upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER will be using planar arrays of polarization sensitive antenna-coupled TES bolometers, operating at frequencies between 96GEIZ and 220 GEIz. At 145 GlTz each array consists of 64 polarimeters (128 TES sensors) and four of these arrays are assembled together to make a focal plane. The detector arrays are integrated with a time-domain SQUID multiplexer developed at NIST and read out using the Multi-Channel Electronics (MCE) developed at the University of British Columbia. We present our progress in characterizing focal plane arrays and SQUID multiplexed readout for BICEP2 and SPIDER, describing testing procedures and giving a summary of dark measurements results, as well as preliminary optical measurements.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop |
Pages | 471-474 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Event | 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: Jul 20 2009 → Jul 24 2009 |
Publication series
Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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Volume | 1185 |
ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Other
Other | 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Stanford, CA |
Period | 7/20/09 → 7/24/09 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy