Two-Junction Tuning Circuits for Submillimeter SIS Mixers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 698-706

  LeDuc, Henry G ^b   Stern, Jeffrey A ^b   Cypher, Scott R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CAPACITANCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NIOBIUM; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TUNING;

SUBMILLIMETER SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXERS; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TWO JUNCTION TUNING CIRCUITS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0028416389     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.285084     Document Type: Article

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