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astro-ph.IM2026

Status of BICEP Array and Integration of the 220/270 GHz Receiver

A. Steiger, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

Measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background are critical for modern cosmology as they constrain the physics of the early universe and cosmic inflation. BICE…

astro-ph.IM2026

Engineering of titanium transition edge sensor wafers for the BA4-90/150 receiver of BICEP Array

A. Patel, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

BA4-90/150, the fourth receiver to be deployed in the BICEP Array (BA) series, is a dichroic 90/150 GHz instrument targeting the frequency space where sensitivity to the CMB polari…

astro-ph.IM2026

Optics and broadband anti-reflection coatings for the BA4-90/150 receiver

A. R. Polish, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

The BICEP Array telescopes search for primordial B-mode polarization from inflationary gravitational waves. This signal is exceedingly faint, demanding excellent map depth and syst…

astro-ph.IM2026

Optical characterization of the BICEP array 150 and 220/270GHz CMB polarimeters in the 2026 season

M. Izquierdo Poza, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +82

BICEP Array (BA) is the current-generation instrument in the BICEP series of small-aperture, on-axis refracting telescopes at the South Pole, designed to constrain the tensor-to-sc…

astro-ph.IM2026

Overview and status of BICEP Array's BA4-90/150 CMB polarimeter

M. A. Petroff, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

The inflation paradigm postulates a period of rapid expansion in the early Universe, which would generate gravitational waves. These tensor perturbations would produce a faint B-mo…

astro-ph.IM2025

TIME Commissioning Observations: I. Mapping Dust and Molecular Gas in the Sgr A Molecular Cloud Complex at the Galactic Center

Selina F. Yang, Sophie M. McAtee, Benjamin J. Vaughan +24

We present the processing of an observation of Sagittarius A (Sgr A) with the Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), part of the 2021-2022 commissioning run to verif…

astro-ph.IM2025

Development of a planar cable-driven parallel robot for submillimeter and terahertz beam mapping measurements

Evan C. Mayer, Ian N. Lowe, Daniel P. Marrone +20

The spatial sensitivity pattern of millimeter-wavelength receivers is an important diagnostic of performance and is affected by the alignment of coupling optics. Characterization c…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Design and Performance of 30/40 GHz Diplexed Focal Plane for BICEP Array

Corwin Shiu, Ahmed Soliman, Roger O'Brient +11

We demonstrate a wide-band diplexed focal plane suitable for observing low-frequency foregrounds that are important for cosmic microwave background polarimetry. The antenna element…

astro-ph.IM2022

Improved Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

J. Cornelison, C. Vergès, P. A. R. Ade +83

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree an…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 13 cited

Thermal kinetic inductance detectors for ground-based millimeter-wave cosmology

Bryan A. Steinbach, James J. Bock, Hien T. Nguyen +2

We show measurements of thermal kinetic inductance detectors (TKID) intended for millimeter wave cosmology in the 200-300 GHz atmospheric window. The TKID is a type of bolometer wh…