Optical characterization of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
• Main Authors: Karkare, K. S., Bock, J. J., Filippini, J. P., Hristov, V. V., Kefeli, S., Lueker, M., Staniszewski, Z. K., Steinbach, B., Teply, G. P.
• Other Authors: Holland, Wayne S., Zmuidzinas, Jonas
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2016
• Subjects: Inflation; Gravitational waves; Cosmic microwave background; Polarization; BICEP; British Columbia; Canada; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231747

BICEP3 is a small-aperture refracting cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescope designed to make sensitive polarization maps in pursuit of a potential B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. It is the latest in the Bicep/Keck Array series of CMB experiments located at the South Pole,...