Design and performance of dual-polarization lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors for millimeter-wave polarimetry
| Autor: | McCarrick, H., Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., Abitbol, M. H., Ade, P. A. R., Bryan, S., Day, P., Essinger-Hileman, T., Flanigan, D., Leduc, H. G., Limon, M., Mauskopf, P., Miller, A., Tucker, C. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | A&A 610, A45 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201732044 |
| Popis: | Lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) are an attractive technology for millimeter-wave observations that require large arrays of extremely low-noise detectors. We designed, fabricated and characterized 64-element (128 LEKID) arrays of horn-coupled, dual-polarization LEKIDs optimized for ground-based CMB polarimetry. Our devices are sensitive to two orthogonal polarizations in a single spectral band centered on 150 GHz with $\Delta\nu/\nu=0.2$. The $65\times 65$ mm square arrays are designed to be tiled into the focal plane of an optical system. We demonstrate the viability of these dual-polarization LEKIDs with laboratory measurements. The LEKID modules are tested with an FPGA-based readout system in a sub-kelvin cryostat that uses a two-stage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. The devices are characterized using a blackbody and a millimeter-wave source. The polarization properties are measured with a cryogenic stepped half-wave plate. We measure the resonator parameters and the detector sensitivity, noise spectrum, dynamic range, and polarization response. The resonators have internal quality factors approaching $1\times 10^{6}$. The detectors have uniform response between orthogonal polarizations and a large dynamic range. The detectors are photon-noise limited above 1 pW of absorbed power. The noise-equivalent temperatures under a 3.4 K blackbody load are $<100~\mu\mathrm{K\sqrt{s}}$. The polarization fractions of detectors sensitive to orthogonal polarizations are >80%. The entire array is multiplexed on a single readout line, demonstrating a multiplexing factor of 128. The array and readout meet the requirements for 4 arrays to be read out simultaneously for a multiplexing factor of 512. This laboratory study demonstrates the first dual-polarization LEKID array optimized for CMB polarimetry and shows the readiness of the detectors for on-sky observations. Comment: Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics, revised version. 11 pages, 8 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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