A Low Noise 230 GHz Heterodyne Receiver Employing.25 μm2 Area Nb/A1Ox/Nb Tunnel Junctions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 812-815

  Kooi, Jacob W ^a   Chan, M ^a   Phillips, T G ^a   Bumble, B ^b   LeDuc, H G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, MIXER; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - TUNNELING; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

HETERODYNE RECEIVER; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE MIXER;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0026866311     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.137383     Document Type: Article

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