280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

A. S. Bergman; P. A.R. Ade; S. Akers; M. Amiri; J. A. Austermann; J. A. Beall; D. T. Becker; S. J. Benton; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; R. S. Domagalski; O. Doré; S. M. Duff; A. J. Duivenvoorden; H. K. Eriksen; M. Farhang; J. P. Filippini; L. M. Fissel; A. A. Fraisse; K. Freese; M. Galloway; A. E. Gambrel; N. N. Gandilo; K. Ganga; A. Grigorian; R. Gualtieri; J. E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; J. Hartley; M. Hasselfield; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; Z. Huang; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; A. Khan; C. L. Kuo; Z. D. Kermish; S. Li; P. V. Mason; K. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. A. Morford; J. M. Nagy; C. B. Netterfield; M. Nolta; B. Osherson; I. L. Padilla; B. Racine; A. S. Rahlin; S. Redmond; C. Reintsema; L. J. Romualdez; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; T. M. Ruud; J. A. Shariff; E. C. Shaw; C. Shiu; J. D. Soler; X. Song; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; J. Ullom; J. F. van der List; J. Van Lanen; M. R. Vissers; A. C. Weber; I. K. Wehus; S. Wen; D. V. Wiebe; E. Y. Young

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280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

A. S. Bergman, P. A.R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. A. Austermann, J. A. Beall, D. T. Becker, S. J. Benton, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, M. Farhang, J. P. FilippiniL. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Khan, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, S. Li, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, M. Nolta, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, B. Racine, A. S. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, T. M. Ruud, J. A. Shariff, E. C. Shaw, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. R. Vissers, A. C. Weber, I. K. Wehus, S. Wen, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

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We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne Spider instrument. These FPUs are vital to Spider’s primary science goal of detecting or placing an upper limit on the amplitude of the primordial gravitational wave signature in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by constraining the B-mode contamination in the CMB from Galactic dust emission. Each 280 GHz focal plane contains a 16 × 16 grid of corrugated silicon feedhorns coupled to an array of aluminum–manganese transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers fabricated on 150 mm diameter substrates. In total, the three 280 GHz FPUs contain 1530 polarization-sensitive bolometers (765 spatial pixels) optimized for the low loading environment in flight and read out by time-division SQUID multiplexing. In this paper, we describe the mechanical, thermal, and magnetic shielding architecture of the focal planes and present cryogenic measurements which characterize yield and the uniformity of several bolometer parameters. The assembled FPUs have high yields, with one array as high as 95% including defects from wiring and readout. We demonstrate high uniformity in device parameters, finding the median saturation power for each TES array to be ∼ 3 pW at 300 mK with a less than 6% variation across each array at 1 σ. These focal planes will be deployed alongside the 95 and 150 GHz telescopes in the Spider-2 instrument, slated to fly from McMurdo Station in Antarctica in December 2018.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1075-1084
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	193
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

Keywords

Cosmic microwave background
Detector packaging
Magnetic shielding
Scientific ballooning
Transition-edge sensors

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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Bergman, A. S., Ade, P. A. R., Akers, S., Amiri, M., Austermann, J. A., Beall, J. A., Becker, D. T., Benton, S. J., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Domagalski, R. S., Doré, O., Duff, S. M., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Eriksen, H. K., Farhang, M., ... Young, E. Y. (2018). 280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 193(5-6), 1075-1084. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2

Bergman, AS, Ade, PAR, Akers, S, Amiri, M, Austermann, JA, Beall, JA, Becker, DT, Benton, SJ, Bock, JJ, Bond, JR, Bryan, SA, Chiang, HC, Contaldi, CR, Domagalski, RS, Doré, O, Duff, SM, Duivenvoorden, AJ, Eriksen, HK, Farhang, M, Filippini, JP, Fissel, LM, Fraisse, AA, Freese, K, Galloway, M, Gambrel, AE, Gandilo, NN, Ganga, K, Grigorian, A, Gualtieri, R, Gudmundsson, JE, Halpern, M, Hartley, J, Hasselfield, M, Hilton, G, Holmes, W, Hristov, VV, Huang, Z, Hubmayr, J, Irwin, KD, Jones, WC, Khan, A, Kuo, CL, Kermish, ZD, Li, S, Mason, PV, Megerian, K, Moncelsi, L, Morford, TA, Nagy, JM, Netterfield, CB, Nolta, M, Osherson, B, Padilla, IL, Racine, B, Rahlin, AS, Redmond, S, Reintsema, C, Romualdez, LJ, Ruhl, JE, Runyan, MC, Ruud, TM, Shariff, JA, Shaw, EC, Shiu, C, Soler, JD, Song, X, Trangsrud, A, Tucker, C, Tucker, RS, Turner, AD, Ullom, J, van der List, JF, Van Lanen, J, Vissers, MR, Weber, AC, Wehus, IK, Wen, S, Wiebe, DV & Young, EY 2018, '280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter', Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol. 193, no. 5-6, pp. 1075-1084. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2

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