The POLARBEAR Fourier transform spectrometer calibrator and spectroscopic characterization of the POLARBEAR instrument
Abstract
Here we describe the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) used for in-field testing of the POLARBEAR receiver, an experiment located in the Atacama Desert of Chile which measures the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The POLARBEAR-FTS (PB-FTS) is a Martin-Puplett interferometer designed to couple to the Huan Tran Telescope (HTT) on which the POLARBEAR receiver is installed. The PB-FTS measured the spectral response of the POLARBEAR receiver with signal-to-noise ratio >20 for ~69% of the focal plane detectors due to three features: a high throughput of 15.1 sr cm2, optimized optical coupling to the POLARBEAR optics using a custom designed output parabolic mirror, and a continuously modulated output polarizer. The PB-FTS parabolic mirror is designed to mimic the shape of the 2.5 m-diameter HTT primary reflector, which allows for optimum optical coupling to the POLARBEAR receiver, reducing aberrations and systematics. One polarizing grid is placed at the output of the PB-FTS and modulated via continuous rotation. This modulation allows for decomposition of the signal into different harmonics that can be used to probe potentially pernicious sources of systematic error in a polarization-sensitive instrument. The high throughput and continuous output polarizer modulation features are unique compared to other FTS calibrators used inmore »
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study,The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA;Departamento de Física, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study,The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan;Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0424, USA;National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Chiangmai, Thailand
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan;SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
- Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT); Australian Research Council; World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); European Research Council (ERC)
- Contributing Org.:
- POLARBEAR Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1632130
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; JP17F17025; 77047; 1130777; 1171811; FT150100074; 18K13558; 18H04347; 616170
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; optical devices; telescopes; cosmic microwave background; Fourier transform spectroscopy; interferometry; polarization; optical reflectors; geometrical optics
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Matsuda, F., Lowry, L., Suzuki, A., Aguilar Fáundez, M., Arnold, K., Barron, D., Bianchini, F., Cheung, K., Chinone, Y., Elleflot, T., Fabbian, G., Goeckner-Wald, N., Hasegawa, M., Kaneko, D., Katayama, N., Keating, B., Lee, A. T., Navaroli, M., Nishino, H., Paar, H., Puglisi, G., Richards, P. L., Seibert, J., Siritanasak, P., Tajima, O., Takatori, S., Tsai, C., and Westbrook, B. The POLARBEAR Fourier transform spectrometer calibrator and spectroscopic characterization of the POLARBEAR instrument. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5095160.
Matsuda, F., Lowry, L., Suzuki, A., Aguilar Fáundez, M., Arnold, K., Barron, D., Bianchini, F., Cheung, K., Chinone, Y., Elleflot, T., Fabbian, G., Goeckner-Wald, N., Hasegawa, M., Kaneko, D., Katayama, N., Keating, B., Lee, A. T., Navaroli, M., Nishino, H., Paar, H., Puglisi, G., Richards, P. L., Seibert, J., Siritanasak, P., Tajima, O., Takatori, S., Tsai, C., & Westbrook, B. The POLARBEAR Fourier transform spectrometer calibrator and spectroscopic characterization of the POLARBEAR instrument. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5095160
Matsuda, F., Lowry, L., Suzuki, A., Aguilar Fáundez, M., Arnold, K., Barron, D., Bianchini, F., Cheung, K., Chinone, Y., Elleflot, T., Fabbian, G., Goeckner-Wald, N., Hasegawa, M., Kaneko, D., Katayama, N., Keating, B., Lee, A. T., Navaroli, M., Nishino, H., Paar, H., Puglisi, G., Richards, P. L., Seibert, J., Siritanasak, P., Tajima, O., Takatori, S., Tsai, C., and Westbrook, B. Tue .
"The POLARBEAR Fourier transform spectrometer calibrator and spectroscopic characterization of the POLARBEAR instrument". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5095160. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632130.
@article{osti_1632130,
title = {The POLARBEAR Fourier transform spectrometer calibrator and spectroscopic characterization of the POLARBEAR instrument},
author = {Matsuda, F. and Lowry, L. and Suzuki, A. and Aguilar Fáundez, M. and Arnold, K. and Barron, D. and Bianchini, F. and Cheung, K. and Chinone, Y. and Elleflot, T. and Fabbian, G. and Goeckner-Wald, N. and Hasegawa, M. and Kaneko, D. and Katayama, N. and Keating, B. and Lee, A. T. and Navaroli, M. and Nishino, H. and Paar, H. and Puglisi, G. and Richards, P. L. and Seibert, J. and Siritanasak, P. and Tajima, O. and Takatori, S. and Tsai, C. and Westbrook, B.},
abstractNote = {Here we describe the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) used for in-field testing of the POLARBEAR receiver, an experiment located in the Atacama Desert of Chile which measures the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The POLARBEAR-FTS (PB-FTS) is a Martin-Puplett interferometer designed to couple to the Huan Tran Telescope (HTT) on which the POLARBEAR receiver is installed. The PB-FTS measured the spectral response of the POLARBEAR receiver with signal-to-noise ratio >20 for ~69% of the focal plane detectors due to three features: a high throughput of 15.1 sr cm2, optimized optical coupling to the POLARBEAR optics using a custom designed output parabolic mirror, and a continuously modulated output polarizer. The PB-FTS parabolic mirror is designed to mimic the shape of the 2.5 m-diameter HTT primary reflector, which allows for optimum optical coupling to the POLARBEAR receiver, reducing aberrations and systematics. One polarizing grid is placed at the output of the PB-FTS and modulated via continuous rotation. This modulation allows for decomposition of the signal into different harmonics that can be used to probe potentially pernicious sources of systematic error in a polarization-sensitive instrument. The high throughput and continuous output polarizer modulation features are unique compared to other FTS calibrators used in the CMB field. In-field characterization of the POLARBEAR receiver was accomplished using the PB-FTS in April 2014. We discuss the design, construction, and operation of the PB-FTS and present the spectral characterization of the POLARBEAR receiver. We introduce future applications for the PB-FTS in the next-generation CMB experiment, the Simons Array.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5095160},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 11,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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