Submm heterodyne mixing using NbCn/Nb SIS tunnel junctions

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-104

  Van De Stadt, H ^a   Mees, J ^a   Barber, Z ^b   Blamire, M ^b   Dieleman, P ^c   De Graauw, Th ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HETERODYNING; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MAGNESIA; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SUBMILLIMETER HETERODYNE MIXING; SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029733925     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088185     Document Type: Article

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