Occhiuzzi, A;
Singh, G;
Battistelli, E;
de Bernardis, P;
Cacciotti, F;
Columbro, F;
Coppolecchia, A;
... Shitvov, A; + view all
(2024)
Technical feasibility of microwave absorbers for straylight mitigation in the LiteBIRD MHFT telescopes.
In: Zmuidzinas, Jonas and Gao, Jian-Rong, (eds.)
Proceedings The International Society for Optical Engineering.
(pp. p. 88).
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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The LiteBIRD mission is dedicated to the search for primordial B modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. To achieve unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy in this measurement, the control of instrument systematics is paramount. In this context, we describe the development of microwave absorbers needed to mitigate the straylight within the telescope tubes of the LiteBIRD Mid- and High-Frequency Telescopes (MHFT). A baseline solution has been designed and validated using HFSS simulations, consistently demonstrating sub-percent level specular reflectance across the entire 90-448 GHz band of the MHFT under a broad variety of incidence conditions, representative of the actual optical environment predicted for the two telescopes. Leveraging consolidated technologies, a prototype has been manufactured and characterized in laboratory, demonstrating a promising reflectance mitigation despite the deviation from the nominal geometry. Ongoing parallel efforts involve a comprehensive investigation (both through simulations and laboratory measurements) of the requirements to be finalized in order to define the practical implementation of the baseline design. This activity will ultimately ensure the alignment with allocated thermo-mechanical requirements along with the compliance with the desired electromagnetic performance. The presented studies not only solidify the feasibility of the straylight mitigation approach, but also inform the finalization of the optical tube design, in view of the conclusion of the CNES Phase A study of LiteBIRD.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Technical feasibility of microwave absorbers for straylight mitigation in the LiteBIRD MHFT telescopes |
| Event: | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 |
| Location: | Yokohama, Japan |
| Dates: | 16th-22nd June 2024 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.3019097 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3019097 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197936 |
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