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Jeff Van Lanen (Fed)

Jeff Van Lanen is a Physical Science Technician in the Quantum Devices Group in the Quantum Electromagnetics Division of the Physical Measurements Laboratory at NIST.  He has worked at NIST since 2008.

His current research interests include the fabrication of micromachined silicon feedhorns and waveguide interface parts used on ground based and balloon born CMB experiments. Over the years, working with Jim Beall, he fabricated and assembled silicon feedhorns for collaborations such as ACTpol, AdvACT, Toltec, SPIDER, and Simon’s Observatory. He is currently fabricating all the micromachined silicon interface parts, used by himself, to assemble all the detector assemblies for Simon’s Observatory.

Awards

  • US Department of Commerce Gold Medal 2022
  • US Department of Commerce Energy & Environmental Stewardship Award 2022

Publications

Demonstration of a 1,820 channel microwave superconducting quantum1 interference device multiplexer for transition-edge sensor bolometers

Author(s)
John Groh, Jason Austermann, James Beall, Shannon Duff, Johannes Hubmayr, Richard Lew, Michael Link, Tammy Lucas, John Mates, Robinjeet Singh, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, Jeffrey Van Lanen, Michael Vissers
The scalability of most transition-edge sensor arrays is limited by the multiplexing technology which combines their18 signals over a reduced number of wires

280-GHz aluminum MKID arrays for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

Author(s)
Anna Vaskuri, Jordan Wheeler, Jason Austermann, Michael Vissers, James Beall, James R. Burgoyne, Victoria Butler, Scott Chapman, Steve K. Choi, Abigail Crites, Cody J. Duell, Rodrigo Freundt, Anthony Huber, Zachary Huber, Johannes Hubmayr, Jozsef Imrek, Ben Keller, Lawrence Lin, Alicia Middleton, Michael D. Niemack, Thomas Nikola, Douglas Scott, Adrian Sinclair, Ema Smith, Gordon Stacey, Joel Ullom, Jeffrey Van Lanen, Eve Vavagiakis, Samantha Walker, Bugao Zou
First light observations of the 280 GHz instrument module of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in the CCAT Collaboration are expected in 2026. The

Demonstration of 220/280 GHz Multichroic Feedhorn-Coupled TES Polarimeter

Author(s)
Samantha L. Walker, Carlos E. Sierra, Jason E. Austermann, James A. Beall, Daniel T. Becker, Bradley J. Dober, Shannon M. Duff, Gene C. Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey L. Van Lanen, Jeff McMahon, Sara M. Simon, Joel N. Ullom, Michael R. Vissers
We describe the design and measurement of feedhorn-coupled, transition-edge sensor (TES) polarimeters with two passbands centered at 220 GHz and 280 GHz
Created April 14, 2019, Updated October 11, 2023
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