Quasi-optical SIS mixers with normal metal tuning structures

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 3, 1997, Pages 3584-3588

  Bin, Mei ^a   Gaidis, M C ^a   Zmuidzinas, J ^b   Phillips, T G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sis mixers; Submillimeter receivers

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETERODYNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TUNING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTING (SIS) MIXERS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0031166954     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.622176     Document Type: Article

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