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

Abstract

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 mKmore » with a less than 6% variation across each array at 1σ . 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.« less

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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
Contributing Org.:
[SPIDER Collaboration]
OSTI Identifier:
1490468
Grant/Contract Number:  
[AC02-76SF00515; NNX17AC55G; NNX12AE95G; PLR-1043515; GRFP]
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Additional Journal Information:
[ Journal Volume: 193; Journal Issue: 5-6]; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2291
Publisher:
Plenum Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Detector packaging; Magnetic shielding; Transition-edge sensors; Scientific ballooning; Cosmic microwave background

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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., Filippini, J. P., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Grigorian, A., Gualtieri, R., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Hubmayr, J., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Khan, A., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Redmond, S., Reintsema, C., Romualdez, L. J., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Shaw, E. C., Shiu, C., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., Ullom, J., van der List, J. F., Van Lanen, J., Vissers, M. R., Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wen, S., Wiebe, D. V., and Young, E. Y. 280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2.
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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., Filippini, J. P., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Grigorian, A., Gualtieri, R., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Hubmayr, J., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Khan, A., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Redmond, S., Reintsema, C., Romualdez, L. J., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Shaw, E. C., Shiu, C., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., Ullom, J., van der List, J. F., Van Lanen, J., Vissers, M. R., Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wen, S., Wiebe, D. V., & Young, E. Y. 280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter. United States. doi:10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2.
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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., Filippini, J. P., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Grigorian, A., Gualtieri, R., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Hubmayr, J., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Khan, A., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Redmond, S., Reintsema, C., Romualdez, L. J., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Shaw, E. C., Shiu, C., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., Ullom, J., van der List, J. F., Van Lanen, J., Vissers, M. R., Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wen, S., Wiebe, D. V., and Young, E. Y. Wed . "280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter". United States. doi:10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490468.
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@article{osti_1490468,
title = {280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter},
author = {Bergman, A. S. and Ade, P. A. R. and Akers, S. and Amiri, M. and Austermann, J. A. and Beall, J. A. and Becker, D. T. and Benton, S. J. and Bock, J. J. and Bond, J. R. and Bryan, S. A. and Chiang, H. C. and Contaldi, C. R. and Domagalski, R. S. and Doré, O. and Duff, S. M. and Duivenvoorden, A. J. and Eriksen, H. K. and Farhang, M. and Filippini, J. P. and Fissel, L. M. and Fraisse, A. A. and Freese, K. and Galloway, M. and Gambrel, A. E. and Gandilo, N. N. and Ganga, K. and Grigorian, A. and Gualtieri, R. and Gudmundsson, J. E. and Halpern, M. and Hartley, J. and Hasselfield, M. and Hilton, G. and Holmes, W. and Hristov, V. V. and Huang, Z. and Hubmayr, J. and Irwin, K. D. and Jones, W. C. and Khan, A. and Kuo, C. L. and Kermish, Z. D. and Li, S. and Mason, P. V. and Megerian, K. and Moncelsi, L. and Morford, T. A. and Nagy, J. M. and Netterfield, C. B. and Nolta, M. and Osherson, B. and Padilla, I. L. and Racine, B. and Rahlin, A. S. and Redmond, S. and Reintsema, C. and Romualdez, L. J. and Ruhl, J. E. and Runyan, M. C. and Ruud, T. M. and Shariff, J. A. and Shaw, E. C. and Shiu, C. and Soler, J. D. and Song, X. and Trangsrud, A. and Tucker, C. and Tucker, R. S. and Turner, A. D. and Ullom, J. and van der List, J. F. and Van Lanen, J. and Vissers, M. R. and Weber, A. C. and Wehus, I. K. and Wen, S. and Wiebe, D. V. and Young, E. Y.},
abstractNote = {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 1σ . 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.},
doi = {10.1007/s10909-018-2065-2},
journal = {Journal of Low Temperature Physics},
number = [5-6],
volume = [193],
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {9}
}
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