Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument

Elizabeth M. George; P. Ade; K. A. Aird; J. E. Austermann; J. A. Beall; D. Becker; A. Bender; B. A. Benson; L. E. Bleem; J. Britton; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; H. C. Chiang; H. M. Cho; T. M. Crawford; A. T. Crites; A. Datesman; T. De Haan; M. A. Dobbs; W. Everett; A. Ewall-Wice; N. W. Halverson; N. Harrington; J. W. Henning; G. C. Hilton; W. L. Holzapfel; S. Hoover; N. Huang; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; M. Karfunkle; R. Keisler; J. Kennedy; A. T. Lee; E. Leitch; D. Li; M. Lueker; D. P. Marrone; J. J. McMahon; J. Mehl; S. S. Meyer; J. Montgomery; T. E. Montroy; J. Nagy; T. Natoli; J. P. Nibarger; M. D. Niemack; V. Novosad; S. Padin; C. Pryke; C. L. Reichardt; J. E. Ruhl; B. R. Saliwanchik; J. T. Sayre; K. K. Schaffer; E. Shirokoff; K. Story; C. Tucker; K. Vanderlinde; J. D. Vieira; G. Wang; R. Williamson; V. Yefremenko; K. W. Yoon; E. Young

doi:10.1117/12.925586

Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument

Elizabeth M. George
, P. Ade
, K. A. Aird
, J. E. Austermann
, J. A. Beall
, D. Becker
, A. Bender
, B. A. Benson
, L. E. Bleem
, J. Britton
, J. E. Carlstrom
, C. L. Chang
, H. C. Chiang
, H. M. Cho
, T. M. Crawford
, A. T. Crites
, A. Datesman
, T. De Haan
, M. A. Dobbs
, W. Everett

A. Ewall-Wice, N. W. Halverson, N. Harrington, J. W. Henning, G. C. Hilton, W. L. Holzapfel, S. Hoover, N. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, M. Karfunkle, R. Keisler, J. Kennedy, A. T. Lee, E. Leitch, D. Li, M. Lueker, D. P. Marrone, J. J. McMahon, J. Mehl, S. S. Meyer, J. Montgomery, T. E. Montroy, J. Nagy, T. Natoli, J. P. Nibarger, M. D. Niemack, V. Novosad, S. Padin, C. Pryke, C. L. Reichardt, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, J. T. Sayre, K. K. Schaffer, E. Shirokoff, K. Story, C. Tucker, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, G. Wang, R. Williamson, V. Yefremenko, K. W. Yoon, E. Young

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In January 2012, the 10m South Pole Telescope (SPT) was equipped with a polarization-sensitive camera, SPTpol, in order to measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Measurements of the polarization of the CMB at small angular scales (∼several arcminutes) can detect the gravitational lensing of the CMB by large scale structure and constrain the sum of the neutrino masses. At large angular scales (∼few degrees) CMB measurements can constrain the energy scale of Ination. SPTpol is a two-color mm-wave camera that consists of 180 polarimeters at 90 GHz and 588 polarimeters at 150 GHz, with each polarimeter consisting of a dual transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers. The full complement of 150 GHz detectors consists of 7 arrays of 84 ortho-mode transducers (OMTs) that are stripline coupled to two TES detectors per OMT, developed by the TRUCE collaboration and fabricated at NIST. Each 90 GHz pixel consists of two antenna-coupled absorbers coupled to two TES detectors, developed with Argonne National Labs. The 1536 total detectors are read out with digital frequency-domain multiplexing (DfMUX). The SPTpol deployment represents the first on-sky tests of both of these detector technologies, and is one of the first deployed instruments using DfMUX readout technology. We present the details of the design, commissioning, deployment, on-sky optical characterization and detector performance of the complete SPTpol focal plane.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925586
State	Published - 2012
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: Jul 3 2012 → Jul 6 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8452
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	7/3/12 → 7/6/12

Keywords

CMB
Cosmology
Detectors
SPT
TES

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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George, E. M., Ade, P., Aird, K. A., Austermann, J. E., Beall, J. A., Becker, D., Bender, A., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Britton, J., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Chiang, H. C., Cho, H. M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., Datesman, A., De Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., ... Young, E. (2012). Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI Article 84521F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8452). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925586

Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument. / George, Elizabeth M.; Ade, P.; Aird, K. A. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. 2012. 84521F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8452).

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George, EM, Ade, P, Aird, KA, Austermann, JE, Beall, JA, Becker, D, Bender, A, Benson, BA, Bleem, LE, Britton, J, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Chiang, HC, Cho, HM, Crawford, TM, Crites, AT, Datesman, A, De Haan, T, Dobbs, MA, Everett, W, Ewall-Wice, A, Halverson, NW, Harrington, N, Henning, JW, Hilton, GC, Holzapfel, WL, Hoover, S, Huang, N, Hubmayr, J, Irwin, KD, Karfunkle, M, Keisler, R, Kennedy, J, Lee, AT, Leitch, E, Li, D, Lueker, M, Marrone, DP, McMahon, JJ, Mehl, J, Meyer, SS, Montgomery, J, Montroy, TE, Nagy, J, Natoli, T, Nibarger, JP, Niemack, MD, Novosad, V, Padin, S, Pryke, C, Reichardt, CL, Ruhl, JE, Saliwanchik, BR, Sayre, JT, Schaffer, KK, Shirokoff, E, Story, K, Tucker, C, Vanderlinde, K, Vieira, JD, Wang, G, Williamson, R, Yefremenko, V, Yoon, KW & Young, E 2012, Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument. in Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI., 84521F, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7/3/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925586

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