BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

H. Hui , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , K. D. Alexander , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff

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J. J. Bock H. Boenish R. Bowens-Rubin I. Buder E. Bullock V. Buza J. Connors J. P. Filippini S. Fliescher J. A. Grayson M. Halpern S. Harrison G. C. Hilton V. V. Hristov K. D. Irwin J. Kang K. S. Karkare E. Karpel S. Kefeli S. A. Kernasovskiy J. M. Kovac C. L. Kuo E. M. Leitch M. Lueker K. G. Megerian V. Monticue T. Namikawa C. B. Netterfield H. T. Nguyen R. O'Brient R. W. Ogburn IV C. Pryke C. D. Reintsema S. Richter R. Schwarz C. Sorensen C. D. Sheehy Z. K. Staniszewski B. Steinbach G. P. Teply K. L. Thompson J. E. Tolan C. Tucker A. D. Turner A. G. Vieregg A. Wandui A. C. Weber D. V. Wiebe J. Willmert W. L. K. Wu K. W. Yoon

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BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. We show the focal plane design and detector performance, including spectral response, optical efficiency and preliminary sensitivity of the upgraded BICEP3. We demonstrate 9.72$\mu$K$\sqrt{\textrm{s}}$ noise performance of the BICEP3 receiver.

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BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

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