Publications
Selected Publications
“The Simons Observatory: A large-diameter truss for a refracting telescope cooled to 1 K.” Crowley, K. D., Dow, P., Shroyer, J. E., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2022) Rev. Sci. Instrum., 93, 055106. (arXiv)
“Development of Multi-Chroic MKIDs for Next-Generation CMB Polarization Studies.” Johnson, B. R., et al. (2018) J. Low Temp. Phys., 193, 3-4, 103-112. (arXiv)
“Constraining the Anomalous Microwave Emission Mechanism in the S140 Star Forming Region with Spectroscopic Observations Between 4 and 8 GHz at the Green Bank Telescope.” Abitbol, M. H., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2018) ApJ, 864, 97. (arXiv)
“Design and performance of dual-polarization lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors for millimeter-wave polarimetry.” McCarrick, H., Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2018) A&A, 610, A45. (arXiv)
“A Large-Diameter Hollow-Shaft Cryogenic Motor Based on a Superconducting Magnetic Bearing for Millimeter-Wave Polarimetry.” Johnson, B. R., Columbro, F., Araujo, D., et al. (2017) Rev. Sci. Instrum., 88, 105102. (arXiv)
“Prospects for measuring cosmic microwave background spectral distortions in the presence of foregrounds.” Abitbol, M. H., et al. (2017) MNRAS, 471, 1126-1140. (arXiv)
“High quality factor manganese-doped aluminum lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors sensitive to frequencies below 100 GHz.” Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2017) Appl. Phys. Lett., 110, 222601. (arXiv) Our article was featured on the cover of the journal.
“Magnetic field dependence of the internal quality factor and noise performance of lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors.” Flanigan, D., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2016) Appl. Phys. Lett., 110, 222601. (arXiv)
“Photon noise from chaotic and coherent millimeter-wave sources measured with horn-coupled, aluminum lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors.” Flanigan, D., McCarrick, H., Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2016) Appl. Phys. Lett., 108, 083504. (arXiv)
“Foreground-induced biases in CMB polarimeter self-calibration.” Abitbol, M., Hill, C., and Johnson, B. R. (2016) MNRAS, 457, 2, 1796-1803. (arXiv)
“Precision Tests of Parity Violation Over Cosmological Distances.” Kaufman, J., Keating, B., and Johnson, B. R. (2016) MNRAS, 455, 2, 1981-1988. (arXiv) This paper won the Buchalter Cosmology Prize (Secon Prize) in 2014.
“A Titanium Nitride Absorber for Reducing Optical Cross-Talk in Horn-Coupled Aluminum LEKIDs for Millimeter Wavelengths.” McCarrick, H., Flanigan, D., Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2016) J. Low Temp. Phys., 184, 1, 154-160. (arXiv)
“A CubeSat for Calibrating Ground-Based and Sub-Orbital Millimeter-Wave Polarimeters (CalSat).” Johnson, B. R., et al. (2015) J. Astron. Instrum., 4, 2, 1550007. (arXiv)
“Horn-Coupled, Commercially-Fabricated Aluminum Lumped-Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Millimeter Wavelengths.” McCarrick, H., Flanigan, D., Jones, G., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2014) Rev. Sci. Instrum., 85, 1, 123117. (arXiv)
“A LEKID-based CMB instrument design for large-scale observations in Greenland.” Araujo, D., et al. (2014) Proc. SPIE, 9153, 91530W. (arXiv)
“Invited Article: Millimeter-wave bolometer array receiver for the Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument.” Schwan, D., et al. (2011) Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82, 091301. (arXiv) Our article was featured on the cover of the journal.
“Optical design of the EPIC-IM crossed Dragone telescope.” Tran, H., Johnson, B. R., Dragovan, M., Bock, J., et al. (2010) Proc. SPIE, 7731, 77311R.
“Map making in small field modulated CMB polarization experiments: approximating the maximum likelihood method.” Sutton, D., Johnson, B. R., et al. (2009) MNRAS, 393, 3, 894-910. (arXiv)
“Systematic errors in cosmic microwave background polarization measurements.” O’Dea, D., Challinor, A., and Johnson, B. R., et al. (2007) MNRAS, 376, 4, 1767-1783. (arXiv)
“MAXIPOL: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Polarimetry Using a Half-Wave Plate.” Johnson, B. R., et al. (2007) ApJ, 665, 42. (arXiv)
Dissertations from Students I Advised
Dr. Heather McCarrick, “Design and performance of kinetic inductance detectors for cosmic microwave background polarimetry”, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 2018.
Dr. Maximilian Abitbol, “Studying the Effects of Galactic and Extragalactic Foregrounds on Cosmic Microwave Background Observations”, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 2018.
Dr. Daniel Flanigan, “Kinetic inductance detectors for measuring the polarization of the cosmic microwave background”, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 2018.
Dissertations from Students I Co-Advised
Dr. Derek Araujo, “Data Analysis for the E and B EXperiment and Instrumentation Development for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry”, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 2017.
Dr. Joy Didier, “Construction, Deployment and Data Analysis of the E and B EXperiment: A Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter”, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, 2016.
Dr. Justin Lazear, “Developing the Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) Microwave Polarimeter for Constraining Inflation”, Ph.D. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 2015.
Dr. Benjamin Westbrook, “Studies of the Cosmos Using Spiderweb Absorber Transition Edge Sensor Bolometers”, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2014.
Dr. Chris North, “Observation of the cosmic microwave background polarization with Clover”, DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010.
Dr. David Sutton, “Map-making Algorithms for Future CMB Polarisation Experiments”, DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010.
My Dissertation
Dr. Bradley R. Johnson, “MAXIPOL: A Bolometric, Balloon-Borne Experiment for Measuring the Polarization Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation”, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, 2004.