Multiscale multichroic focal-plane architecture for measurements of the cosmic microwave background (Conference Presentation)

Ari Cukierman; Adrian T. Lee; Christopher Raum; Aritoki Suzuki; Benjamin Westbrook

doi:10.1117/12.2314163

10 July 2018 Multiscale multichroic focal-plane architecture for measurements of the cosmic microwave background (Conference Presentation)

Ari Cukierman, Adrian T. Lee, Christopher Raum, Aritoki Suzuki, Benjamin Westbrook

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Proceedings Volume 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 107081K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314163
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

We report on the design, fabrication and measured performance of hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased arrays coupled to cryogenic lithographed detectors for millimeter-wave astronomy. This architecture allows for dual-polarization wideband sensitivity with a beam width that is approximately frequency-independent. This solves a common problem with multichroic pixels, which is that the beam width varies with frequency and causes suboptimal sensitivity in most frequency bands. We achieve a variable pixel size, i.e., a multiscale focal plane, by creating phased arrays from neighboring lenslet-coupled sinuous antennas, where the size of each array is chosen independently for each frequency band, so that the effective pixel size scales with wavelength. Our devices consist of arrays of hemispherical lenses coupled to lithographed wafers, which integrate transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers with superconducting sinuous antennas and microwave circuitry including band-defining filters. The design can be straightforwardly modified for use with non-TES lithographed cryogenic detectors such as kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs). We have demonstrated frequency-independent beam widths from a three-level hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased array over a 3:1 bandwidth. Additionally, we have demonstrated several other microwave components such as a 4:1 broadband 180-degree hybrid that can simplify the design of future multichroic focal planes including but not limited to hierarchical phased arrays. We discuss the development of a 4-band hierarchical phased array that is scalable in the sense that it can tile a wafer for use in a current or upcoming experiment.

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Ari Cukierman, Adrian T. Lee, Christopher Raum, Aritoki Suzuki, and Benjamin Westbrook "Multiscale multichroic focal-plane architecture for measurements of the cosmic microwave background (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 107081K (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314163

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Microwave radiation

Phased arrays

Sensors

Antennas

Cryogenics

Semiconducting wafers

Astronomy

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