Design and analysis of a waveguide SIS mixer above the gap frequency of niobium

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 687-710

  Hottgenroth, D ^a   Honingh, C E ^a   Haas, S ^a   Jacobs, K ^a   Stutzki, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microstrip lines; Submillimetre wave mixers; Superconducting device noise

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FREQUENCIES; MICROSTRIP LINES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNING; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

DESIGN CRITERIA; GAP FREQUENCY; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; NIOBIUM TUNING STRUCTURE; POWER COUPLING; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE NOISE; WAVEGUIDE MIXER;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031096519     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678006     Document Type: Article

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