Conversion Gain and Noise of Niobium Superconducting Hot-Electron-Mixers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 938-947

  Ekström, Hans ^a   Karasik, Boris S ^b   Kollberg, Erik L ^a   Yngvesson, K Sigfrid ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HEATING; HETERODYNING; NIOBIUM; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RADIO RECEIVERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

CONVERSION GAIN; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE RELAXATION TIME; FREQUENCY CONVERSION LOSS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; HOT ELECTRON MIXERS; MICROWAVE MIXING; NIOBIUM STRIPS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029291117     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.375258     Document Type: Article

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