Preflight characterization of the BLAST-TNG receiver and detector arrays

Lourie, Nathan P.; Ade, Peter A. R.; Angile, Francisco E.; Ashton, Peter C.; Austermann, Jason E.; Devlin, Mark J.; Dober, Bradley; Galitzki, Nicholas; Gao, Jiansong; Gordon, Sam; Groppi, Christopher E.; Klein, Jeffrey; Hilton, Gene C.; Hubmayr, Johannes; Li, Dale; Lowe, Ian; Mani, Hamdi; Mauskopf, Philip; McKenney, Christopher M.; Nati, Federico; Novak, Giles; Pascale, Enzo; Pisano, Giampaolo; Sinclair, Adrian; Soler, Juan D.; Tucker, Carole; Ullom, Joel N.; Vissers, Michael; Williams, Paul A.

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Preflight characterization of the BLAST-TNG receiver and detector arrays

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Lourie, Nathan P.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Ade, Peter A. R.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Angile, Francisco E.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Ashton, Peter C.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Austermann, Jason E.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Devlin, Mark J.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Dober, Bradley
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Galitzki, Nicholas
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Gao, Jiansong
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Gordon, Sam
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Groppi, Christopher E.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Klein, Jeffrey
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Hilton, Gene C.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Hubmayr, Johannes
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Li, Dale
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Lowe, Ian
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Mani, Hamdi
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Mauskopf, Philip
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

McKenney, Christopher M.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Nati, Federico
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Novak, Giles
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Pascale, Enzo
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Pisano, Giampaolo
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Sinclair, Adrian
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Soler, Juan D.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Tucker, Carole
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Ullom, Joel N.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Vissers, Michael
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

Williams, Paul A.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners;

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Lourie, N. P., Ade, P. A. R., Angile, F. E., Ashton, P. C., Austermann, J. E., Devlin, M. J., et al. (2018). Preflight characterization of the BLAST-TNG receiver and detector arrays.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0005-CC6E-B

Abstract

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season. BLAST-TNG will detect submillimeter polarized interstellar dust emission, tracing magnetic fields in galactic molecular clouds. BLAST-TNG will be the first polarimeter with the sensitivity and resolution to probe the 0.1 parsec-scale features that are critical to understanding the origin of structures in the interstellar medium. BLAST-TNG features three detector arrays operating at wavelengths of 250, 350, and 500 m (1200, 857, and 600 GHz) comprised of 918, 469, and 272 dual-polarization pixels, respectively. Each pixel is made up of two crossed microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). These arrays are cooled to 275 mK in a cryogenic receiver. Each MKID has a different resonant frequency, allowing hundreds of resonators to be read out on a single transmission line. This inherent ability to be frequency-domain multiplexed simplifies the cryogenic readout hardware, but requires careful optical testing to map out the physical location of each resonator on the focal plane. Receiver-level optical testing was carried out using both a cryogenic source mounted to a movable xy-stage with a shutter, and a beam-filling, heated blackbody source able to provide a 10-50 C temperature chop. The focal plane array noise properties, responsivity, polarization efficiency, instrumental polarization were measured. We present the preflight characterization of the BLAST-TNG cryogenic system and array-level optical testing of the MKID detector arrays in the flight receiver.