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Correlated Radio Frequency Interference Monitor for Radio Telescopes
Lindsay Berkhout, Ian Hendricksen, Joshua Montgomery +8
Radio frequency interference (RFI) is one of the biggest challenges facing current radio astronomy experiments. Telescopes like the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio transien…
Architecture and Validation of the CRS F-Engine for the CHORD Radio Telescope
Ian Hendricksen, Jean-François Cliche, Matt Dobbs +1
We introduce the design of the t0.technology Control and Readout System (CRS) F-Engine that will be used for the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio transient Detector (CHORD),…
A High-Bandwidth Backplane for Wideband Radio Interferometers and Integration with the CHORD Telescope Correlators
Wellington Avelino, Joshua Montgomery, Jean-Francois Cliche +2
Wide-band correlators for radio astronomy interferometers demand accurate, scalable signal processing backends that sustain high aggregate throughput while preserving stable timing…
A first demonstration of active feedback control and multi-frequency imaging techniques for kinetic inductance detectors
Maclean Rouble, Graeme Smecher, Michel Adamič +6
RF-ICE is a signal processing platform for the readout of large arrays of superconducting resonators. Designed for flexibility, the system's low digital latency and ability to inde…
The CRS: a scalable full-stack control system for Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Joshua Montgomery, Wellington Avelino, Matt Dobbs +4
The t0.technology Control and Readout System (CRS) is a modular microwave control and readout system for mm-wave and radio astronomy, THz imaging, noise radar, and superconducting…
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…
The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status
B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +90
We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic mic…
SPT-3G+: Mapping the High-Frequency Cosmic Microwave Background Using Kinetic Inductance Detectors
A. J. Anderson, P. Barry, A. N. Bender +28
We present the design and science goals of SPT-3G+, a new camera for the South Pole Telescope, which will consist of a dense array of 34100 kinetic inductance detectors measuring t…
Digital Active Nulling for Frequency-Multiplexed Bolometer Readout: Performance and Latency
Graeme Smecher, Tijmen de Haan, Matt Dobbs +1
We consider the stability and performance of a discrete-time control loop used as a dynamic nuller in the presence of a relatively large time delay in its feedback path. Controller…
Development of TRL5 Firmware for Tuning, Biasing, and Readout of Kilopixel TES Bolometer Arrays
Graeme Smecher, Jean-Francois Cliche, Matt Dobbs +1
The next generation of space-based mm-wave telescopes, such as JAXA's LiteBIRD mission, require focal planes with thousands of detectors in order to achieve their science goals. Di…
Development of TRL5 Space Qualified Hardware for Tuning, Biasing, and Readout of Kilopixel TES Bolometer Arrays
Graeme Smecher, Peter Cameron, Jean-Francois Cliche +2
The next generation of space-based mm-wave telescopes, such as JAXA's LiteBIRD mission, require focal planes with thousands of detectors in order to achieve their science goals. Di…
Overview of the Medium and High Frequency Telescopes of the LiteBIRD satellite mission
L. Montier, B. Mot, P. de Bernardis +232
LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led Strategic Large-Class mission designed to search for the existence of the primordial gravitational waves produced during the inflationary phase of the Univer…
Anomalous Frequency Noise from the Megahertz Channelizing Resonators in Frequency-Division Multiplexed Transition Edge Sensor Readout
John Groh, Kam Arnold, Jessica Avva +11
Superconducting lithographed resonators have a broad range of current and potential applications in the multiplexed readout of cryogenic detectors. Here, we focus on LC bandpass fi…
On-sky performance of the SPT-3G frequency-domain multiplexed readout
A. N. Bender, A. J. Anderson, J. S. Avva +86
Frequency-domain multiplexing (fMux) is an established technique for the readout of large arrays of transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each TES in a multiplexing module has a…
Design and Bolometer Characterization of the SPT-3G First-year Focal Plane
W. Everett, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +73
During the austral summer of 2016-17, the third-generation camera, SPT-3G, was installed on the South Pole Telescope, increasing the detector count in the focal plane by an order o…
Year two instrument status of the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiver
A. N. Bender, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +86
The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed for high-precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The SPT measures both the tem…
Design and characterization of the SPT-3G receiver
J. A. Sobrin, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +68
The SPT-3G receiver was commissioned in early 2017 on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) to map anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). New optics, detector, an…
Broadband anti-reflective coatings for cosmic microwave background experiments
A. Nadolski, A. M. Kofman, J. D. Vieira +71
The desire for higher sensitivity has driven ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments to employ ever larger focal planes, which in turn require larger reimaging o…
POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements
Y. Inoue, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +83
POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals…
The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment
A. Suzuki, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +86
We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to character…
Digital frequency domain multiplexing readout electronics for the next generation of millimeter telescopes
Amy N. Bender, Jean-François Cliche, Tijmen de Haan +7
Frequency domain multiplexing (fMux) is an established technique for the readout of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers in millimeter-wavelength astrophysical instrumentation.…
A Study of Al-Mn Transition Edge Sensor Engineering for Stability
E. M. George, J. E. Austermann, J. A. Beall +32
The stability of Al-Mn transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers is studied as we vary the engineered TES transition, heat capacity, and/or coupling between the heat capacity and TES…