Development of the low frequency telescope focal plane detector modules for LiteBIRD

B. Westbrook; C. Raum; S. Beckman; A. T. Lee; N. Farias; A. Bogdan; A. Hornsby; A. Suzuki; K. Rotermund; T. Elleflot; J. E. Austerman; J. A. Beall; S. M. Duff; J. Hubmayr; M. R. Vissers; M. J. Link; G. Jaehnig; N. Halverson; T. Ghigna; M. Hazumi; S. Stever; Y. Minami; K. L. Thompson; M. Russell; K. Arnold; M. Silva-Feaver

doi:10.1117/12.2630574

31 August 2022 Development of the low frequency telescope focal plane detector modules for LiteBIRD

B. Westbrook, C. Raum, S. Beckman, A. T. Lee, N. Farias, A. Bogdan, A. Hornsby, A. Suzuki, K. Rotermund, T. Elleflot, J. E. Austerman, J. A. Beall, S. M. Duff, J. Hubmayr, M. R. Vissers, M. J. Link, G. Jaehnig, N. Halverson, T. Ghigna, M. Hazumi, S. Stever, Y. Minami, K. L. Thompson, M. Russell, K. Arnold, M. Silva-Feaver

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Proceedings Volume 12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI; 121900I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630574
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic large-class satellite mission designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and Galactic foregrounds from 34 to 448 GHz across the entire sky from L2 in the late 2020s. The scientific payload includes three telescopes which are called the low-, mid-, and high-frequency telescopes each with their own receiver that covers a portion of the mission’s frequency range. The low frequency telescope will map synchrotron radiation from the Galactic foreground and the cosmic microwave background. We discuss the design, fabrication, and characterization of the low-frequency focal plane modules for low-frequency telescope, which has a total bandwidth ranging from 34 to 161 GHz. There will be a total of 4 different pixel types with 8 overlapping bands to cover the full frequency range. These modules are housed in a single low-frequency focal plane unit which provides thermal isolation, mechanical support, and radiative baffling for the detectors. The module design implements multi-chroic lenslet-coupled sinuous antenna arrays coupled to transition edge sensor bolometers read out with frequency-domain mulitplexing. While this technology has strong heritage in ground-based cosmic microwave background experiments, the broad frequency coverage, low optical loading conditions, and the high cosmic ray background of the space environment require further development of this technology to be suitable for LiteBIRD. In these proceedings, we discuss the optical and bolometeric characterization of a triplexing prototype pixel with bands centered on 78, 100, and 140 GHz.

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B. Westbrook, C. Raum, S. Beckman, A. T. Lee, N. Farias, A. Bogdan, A. Hornsby, A. Suzuki, K. Rotermund, T. Elleflot, J. E. Austerman, J. A. Beall, S. M. Duff, J. Hubmayr, M. R. Vissers, M. J. Link, G. Jaehnig, N. Halverson, T. Ghigna, M. Hazumi, S. Stever, Y. Minami, K. L. Thompson, M. Russell, K. Arnold, and M. Silva-Feaver "Development of the low frequency telescope focal plane detector modules for LiteBIRD", Proc. SPIE 12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI, 121900I (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630574

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