Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD

Yuki Sakurai; Tomotake Matsumura; Nobuhiko Katayama; Hiroaki Imada; Kunimoto Komatsu; Hiroaki Kanai; Ryota Takaku; Shinya Sugiyama; Tommaso Ghigna; Teruhito Iida; Hajime Sugai; Hiroyuki Ohsaki; Yutaka Terao; Toshiki Shimomura; Kuniaki Konishi; Haruyuki Sakurai; Junji Yumoyo; Muneyoshi Maki; Junichi Suzuki; Hirokazu Ishino; Shogo Nakamura; Akito Kusaka; Charles Hill; Masashi Hazumi; Hirokazu Kataza; Shin Utsunomiya; Ryo Yamamoto; Makoto Tashiro; Yukikatsu Terada

doi:10.1117/12.2312391

Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD

Yuki Sakurai, Tomotake Matsumura, Nobuhiko Katayama, Hiroaki Imada, Kunimoto Komatsu, Hiroaki Kanai, Ryota Takaku, Shinya Sugiyama, Tommaso Ghigna, Teruhito Iida, Hajime Sugai, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Yutaka Terao, Toshiki Shimomura, Kuniaki Konishi, Haruyuki Sakurai, Junji Yumoyo, Muneyoshi Maki, Junichi Suzuki, Hirokazu IshinoShogo Nakamura, Akito Kusaka, Charles Hill, Masashi Hazumi, Hirokazu Kataza, Shin Utsunomiya, Ryo Yamamoto, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada

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Abstract

We present our design and development of a polarization modulator unit (PMU) for LiteBIRD space mission. LiteBIRD is a next generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization satellite to measure the primordial B-mode. The science goal of LiteBIRD is to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio with the sensitivity of δr < 10^-3. The baseline design of LiteBIRD is to employ the PMU based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate (HWP) at a telescope aperture with a diameter of 400 mm. It is an essential for LiteBIRD to achieve the science goal because it significantly reduces detector noise and systematic uncertainties. The LiteBIRD PMU consists of a multi-layered sapphire as a broadband achromatic HWP and a mechanism to continuously rotate it at 88 rpm. The whole system is maintained at below 10K to minimize the thermal emission from the HWP. In this paper, we discuss the current development status of the broadband achromatic HWP and the cryogenic rotation mechanism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312391
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 12 2018 → Jun 15 2018

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10708
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	6/12/18 → 6/15/18

Keywords

Cosmic microwave background
LiteBIRD
broadband achromatic half-wave plate
cryogenic rotation mechanism
inflation
millimeter-wave polarization
polarization modulator
space program

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Sakurai, Y., Matsumura, T., Katayama, N., Imada, H., Komatsu, K., Kanai, H., Takaku, R., Sugiyama, S., Ghigna, T., Iida, T., Sugai, H., Ohsaki, H., Terao, Y., Shimomura, T., Konishi, K., Sakurai, H., Yumoyo, J., Maki, M., Suzuki, J., ... Terada, Y. (2018). Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD. In J. Zmuidzinas, & J-R. Gao (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX [107080E] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312391

Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD. / Sakurai, Yuki; Matsumura, Tomotake; Katayama, Nobuhiko et al.

Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2018. 107080E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sakurai, Y, Matsumura, T, Katayama, N, Imada, H, Komatsu, K, Kanai, H, Takaku, R, Sugiyama, S, Ghigna, T, Iida, T, Sugai, H, Ohsaki, H, Terao, Y, Shimomura, T, Konishi, K, Sakurai, H, Yumoyo, J, Maki, M, Suzuki, J, Ishino, H, Nakamura, S, Kusaka, A, Hill, C, Hazumi, M, Kataza, H, Utsunomiya, S, Yamamoto, R, Tashiro, M & Terada, Y 2018, Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD. in J Zmuidzinas & J-R Gao (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX., 107080E, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10708, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018, Austin, United States, 6/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312391

Sakurai Y, Matsumura T, Katayama N, Imada H, Komatsu K, Kanai H et al. Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD. In Zmuidzinas J, Gao J-R, editors, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. SPIE. 2018. 107080E. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2312391

Sakurai, Yuki ; Matsumura, Tomotake ; Katayama, Nobuhiko et al. / Design and development of a polarization modulator unit based on a continuous rotating half-wave plate for LiteBIRD. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. editor / Jonas Zmuidzinas ; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2018. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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