Optimum Source Conductance for High Frequency Superconducting Quasiparticle Receivers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 600-604

  Ke, Qing ^a   Feldman, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; QUASIPARTICLE RECEIVERS; SIS MIXERS; SOURCE CONDUCTANCE;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0027575620     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.231652     Document Type: Article

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