A 125-180 GHZ fixed-tuned SIS mixer for radioastronomy

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1073-1076

  Karpov, A ^a   Blondel, J ^a   Pasturel, P ^a   Gundlach, K H ^a  

^a IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) MIXERS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0031167984     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.614710     Document Type: Article

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