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National Aeronautics and Space Administration a) b) c) d) New technology incorporated in large-format multicolor focal plane detector arrays enables the Inflation Probe. Collaborations throughout the U.S. are advancing detector and readouts, and operating these new technologies on pioneering CMB polarization experiments. Elements of these technologies are widely applicable to NASA astrophysical far-infrared and X-ray missions. a) Lens-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) array developed for the ground-based POLARization of the Background Radiation (POLARBEAR) NASA’s Physics of the Cosmos Program experiment b) Antenna-coupled TES array developed for the ground-based Keck Polarimeter Array and the Spider balloon payload c) Absorber-coupled TES with feedhorn arrays developed for the EBEX (E and B Experiment) balloon payload d) Absorber-coupled bolometer array developed for balloon-borne Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) e) Silicon stacked feedhorns developed for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’s polarization-sensitive TES bolometer array Advanced multiplexing leads to another leap in array formats, enabling new capabilities for future NASA infrared and X-ray missions and benefitting the Inflation Probe. f) Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKID), shown here, and TES bolometers with Superconducting Quantum Interface Device (SQUID) amplifiers increase the multiplexing factor by using a comb of radiofreqency signals on a single readout. Novel designs and anti-reflection coatings will advance high-throughput wide-bandwidth optics. g) Machined grooves in a silicon lens are used to make a broadband anti-reflection coating.