Breadboard model of the polarization modulator unit based on a continuously rotating half-wave plate for the low-frequency telescope of the LiteBIRD space mission

Yuki Sakurai; Tomotake Matsumura; Nobuhiko Katayama; Kunimoto Komatsu; Ryota Takaku; Shinya Sugiyama; Yoshiki Nomura; Takayuki Toda; Tommaso Ghigna; Teruhito Iida; Hajime Sugai; Hiroaki Imada; Masashi Hazumi; Hirokazu Ishino; Hiroyuki Ohsaki; Yutaka Terao; Hisashi Enokida; Yusuke Ishida; Yosuke Iwata; Doa Ahmad; Kuniaki Konishi; Haruyuki Sakurai; Junji Yumoto; Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami; Akito Kusaka; Charles Hill

doi:10.1117/12.2560289

13 December 2020 Breadboard model of the polarization modulator unit based on a continuously rotating half-wave plate for the low-frequency telescope of the LiteBIRD space mission

Yuki Sakurai, Tomotake Matsumura, Nobuhiko Katayama, Kunimoto Komatsu, Ryota Takaku, Shinya Sugiyama, Yoshiki Nomura, Takayuki Toda, Tommaso Ghigna, Teruhito Iida, Hajime Sugai, Hiroaki Imada, Masashi Hazumi, Hirokazu Ishino, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Yutaka Terao, Hisashi Enokida, Yusuke Ishida, Yosuke Iwata, Doa Ahmad, Kuniaki Konishi, Haruyuki Sakurai, Junji Yumoto, Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, Akito Kusaka, Charles Hill

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Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 114534E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560289
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We present a breadboard model development status of the polarization modulator unit (PMU) for a low-frequency telescope (LFT) of the LiteBIRD space mission. LiteBIRD is a next-generation cosmic microwave background polarization satellite to measure the primordial B-mode with the science goal of σr < 0.001. The baseline design of LiteBIRD consists of reflective low-frequency and refractive medium-and-high-frequency telescopes. Each telescope employs the PMU based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate (HWP) at the aperture. The PMU is a critical instrument for the LiteBIRD to achieve the science goal because it significantly suppresses 1/f noise and mitigates systematic uncertainties. The LiteBIRD LFT PMU consists of a broadband achromatic HWP and a cryogenic rotation mechanism. In this presentation, we discuss requirements, design and systematic studies of the PMU, and we report the development status of the broadband HWP and the space-compatible cryogenic rotation mechanism.

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Yuki Sakurai, Tomotake Matsumura, Nobuhiko Katayama, Kunimoto Komatsu, Ryota Takaku, Shinya Sugiyama, Yoshiki Nomura, Takayuki Toda, Tommaso Ghigna, Teruhito Iida, Hajime Sugai, Hiroaki Imada, Masashi Hazumi, Hirokazu Ishino, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Yutaka Terao, Hisashi Enokida, Yusuke Ishida, Yosuke Iwata, Doa Ahmad, Kuniaki Konishi, Haruyuki Sakurai, Junji Yumoto, Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, Akito Kusaka, and Charles Hill "Breadboard model of the polarization modulator unit based on a continuously rotating half-wave plate for the low-frequency telescope of the LiteBIRD space mission", Proc. SPIE 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 114534E (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560289

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