BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. We show the focal plane design and detector performance, including spectral respons...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2016-07
Main Authors: Hui, H, Ade, P A R, Ahmed, Z, Alexander, K D, Amiri, M, Barkats, D, Benton, S J, Bischoff, C A, Bock, J J, Boenish, H, Bowens-Rubin, R, Buder, I, Bullock, E, Buza, V, Connors, J, Filippini, J P, Fliescher, S, Grayson, J A, Halpern, M, Harrison, S, Hilton, G C, Hristov, V V, Irwin, K D, Kang, J, Karkare, K S, Karpel, E, Kefeli, S, Kernasovskiy, S A, Kovac, J M, Kuo, C L, Leitch, E M, Lueker, M, Megerian, K G, Monticue, V, Namikawa, T, Netterfield, C B, Nguyen, H T, O'Brient, R, Ogburn, R W, Pryke, C, Reintsema, C D, Richter, S, Schwarz, R, Sorensen, C, Sheehy, C D, Staniszewski, Z K, Steinbach, B, Teply, G P, Thompson, K L, Tolan, J E, Tucker, C, Turner, A D, Vieregg, A G, Wandui, A, Weber, A C, Wiebe, D V, Willmert, J, Wu, W L K, Yoon, K W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apertures
Big Bang theory
Cosmic microwave background
Focal plane
Spectral sensitivity
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Summary:BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. We show the focal plane design and detector performance, including spectral response, optical efficiency and preliminary sensitivity of the upgraded BICEP3. We demonstrate 9.72\(\mu\)K\(\sqrt{\textrm{s}}\) noise performance of the BICEP3 receiver.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1607.06861