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astro-ph.IM2026

Design and Performance of 220 and 270 GHz Bandpass Filters for BICEP Array

A. Steiger, The BICEP/Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade +90

The BICEP Array (BA) is the latest in the BICEP/ Keck series of experiments that aim to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with small aperture polari…

astro-ph.IM2026

On-Chip Resonator for Nonlinear Kinetic Inductance Characterisation and Future Spectrometry Applications

Patrick Ashworth, Peter S. Barry, Chris S. Benson +2

This work focuses on the development and demonstration of tunable superconducting on-chip resonator, leveraging the intrinsic current-dependent non-linear kinetic inductance of sup…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 9 cited

Improving cosmological reach of a gravitational wave observatory using Deep Loop Shaping

Jonas Buchli, Brendan Tracey, Tomislav Andric +28

Improved low-frequency sensitivity of gravitational wave observatories would unlock study of intermediate-mass black hole mergers, binary black hole eccentricity, and provide early…

astro-ph.IM2025

Low-noise Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Enabled by Superconducting On-Chip Filterbank Spectrometers

Chris S. Benson, Peter S. Barry, Patrick Ashworth +4

Historically employed spectroscopic architectures used for large field of view mapping spectroscopy in millimetere and sub-millimetre astronomy suffer from significant drawbacks. O…

astro-ph.IM2025

CONCERTO: forward modeling of interferograms for calibration

A. Lundgren, A. Beelen, G. Lagache +36

The CarbON [CII] line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch (CONCERTO) instrument is a low-resolution mapping Fourier-transform spectrometer, based on lumped-element kinetic…

astro-ph.IM2025

Spectral characterization and performance of SPT-SLIM on-chip filterbank spectrometers

C. S. Benson, K. Fichman, M. Adamic +26

The South Pole Telescope Shirokoff Line Intensity Mapper (SPT-SLIM) experiment is a pathfinder for demonstrating the use of on-chip spectrometers for millimeter (mm) Line Intensity…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 7 cited

PRIMA: PRIMAger, a far-infrared hyperspectral and polarimetric instrument

Laure Ciesla, Charles Darren Dowell, Marc Sauvage +27

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is an infrared observatory for the next decade, currently in Phase A, with a 1.8m telescope actively cooled to 4.5K. On boar…

astro-ph.IM2025

The PRIMA promise of deciphering interstellar dust evolution with observations of the nearby Universe

Frédéric Galliano, Maarten Baes, Léo Belloir +25

This paper develops a few science cases, using the PRIMA far-IR probe, aimed at achieving several breakthroughs in our understanding of the dust properties and their evolution. We…

astro-ph.IM2025

On the computational feasibility of Bayesian end-to-end analysis of LiteBIRD simulations within Cosmoglobe

R. Aurvik, M. Galloway, E. Gjerløw +107

We assess the computational feasibility of end-to-end Bayesian analysis of the JAXA-led LiteBIRD experiment by analysing simulated time ordered data (TOD) for a subset of detectors…

astro-ph.IM2025

A Simulation Framework for the LiteBIRD Instruments

M. Tomasi, L. Pagano, A. Anand +111

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of -mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission focused on primordial cosmo…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 5 cited

ExoSim 2: the new Exoplanet Observation Simulator applied to the Ariel space mission

Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Andrea Bocchieri, Enzo Pascale +2

ExoSim 2 is the next generation of the Exoplanet Observation Simulator (ExoSim) tailored for spectro-photometric observations of transiting exoplanets from space, ground, and sub-o…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Development of an MKID frequency-to-pixel LED mapper for SPT-3G+

E. S. Martsen, P. S. Barry, B. A. Benson +5

SPT-3G+ is the next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope (SPT). SPT is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the mm/sub-mm sky. The planned focal…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

KISS: instrument description and performance

J. F. Macías-Pérez, M. Fernández-Torreiro, A. Catalano +35

Kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) have been proven as reliable systems for astrophysical observations, especially in the millimetre range. Their compact size enables to optimally…

astro-ph.IM2024

Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array

Keck Collaboration, Y. Nakato, P. A. R. Ade +82

Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To ach…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers

Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers +84

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

Y. Takase, L. Vacher, H. Ishino +105

Large angular scale surveys in the absence of atmosphere are essential for measuring the primordial -mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Since this pro…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

CONCERTO at APEX -- On-sky performance in continuum

W. Hu, A. Beelen, G. Lagache +36

We present the data-processing algorithms and the performance of CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch) in continuum by analysing the data from the…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 103 cited

Euclid. II. The VIS Instrument

Euclid Collaboration, M. S. Cropper, A. Al-Bahlawan +432

This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Visible Camera (VIS) on the ESA Euclid mission. VIS is a large optical-band imager with a field of view of 0.5…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

The BLAST Observatory: A Sensitivity Study for Far-IR Balloon-borne Polarimeters

The BLAST Observatory Collaboration, Gabriele Coppi, Simon Dicker +21

Sensitive wide-field observations of polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains will allow astronomers to address key outstanding questions about the life cycle of ma…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

CONCERTO: instrument and status

Alessandro Fasano, Peter Ade, Manuel Aravena +36

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn) is a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer dedicated to the study of star-forming galaxies and clusters of…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Results and Limits of Time Division Multiplexing for the BICEP Array High Frequency Receivers

S. Fatigoni, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

Time-Division Multiplexing is the readout architecture of choice for many ground and space experiments, as it is a very mature technology with proven outstanding low-frequency nois…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

RF-ICE: large-scale gigahertz readout of frequency-multiplexed microwave kinetic inductance detectors

M. Rouble, G. Smecher, A. Anderson +5

We present RF-ICE, a novel readout platform for microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), optimized for use on millimeter-wavelength telescopes. The RF-ICE system extends ICE…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Applying Energy Absorption Interferometry to THz direct detectors using photomixers

Ian Veenendaal, Edgar Castillo-Dominguez, Stephen J. C. Yates +2

Detector requirements for far infrared astronomy generally result in devices which exhibit a few-moded response to incident radiation. The sensitivity and spatial form of the indiv…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Low-loss Si-based Dielectrics for High Frequency Components of Superconducting Detectors

M. Lisovenko, Z. Pan, P. S. Barry +7

Silicon-based dielectric is crucial for many superconducting devices, including high-frequency transmission lines, filters, and resonators. Defects and contaminants in the amorphou…