Published November 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Advanced ACTPol TES Device Parameters and Noise Performance in Fielded Arrays

  • 1. Princeton University, Department of Physics (United States)
  • 2. NIST, Quantum Sensors Group (United States)
  • 3. Cornell University, Department of Physics (United States)
  • 4. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astronomy (United States)
  • 5. University of Michigan, Department of Physics (United States)
  • 6. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (United States)

Description

The Advanced ACTPol (AdvACT) upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) features arrays of aluminum manganese transition-edge sensors (TESes) optimized for ground-based observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Array testing shows highly responsive detectors with anticipated in-band noise performance under optical loading. We report on TES parameters measured with impedance data taken on a subset of TESes. We then compare modeled noise spectral densities to measurements. We find excess noise at frequencies around 100 Hz, nearly outside of the signal band of CMB measurements. In addition, we describe full-array noise measurements in the laboratory and in the field for two new AdvACT mid-frequency arrays, sensitive at bands centered on 90 and 150 GHz, and data for the high-frequency array (150/230 GHz) as deployed.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Journal Volume
193
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 328-336
ISSN
0022-2291
CODEN
JLTPAC

Conference

Title
International workshop on low temperature detectors
Acronym
LTD17
Dates
17-21 Jul 2017
Place
Kurume City, Fukuoka (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
50054288
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; COSMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; GHZ RANGE; IMPEDANCE; MANGANESE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NOISE; PERFORMANCE; SENSORS; SIGNALS; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL DENSITY; TELESCOPES; TESTING
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; FREQUENCY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; METALS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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