A low-noise 2.5 THz superconductive NB hot-electron mxer

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 3, 1997, Pages 3580-3583

  Karasik, B S ^a   Gaidis, M C ^a   McGrath, W R ^a   Bumble, B ^a   Leduc, H G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THICK FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS; NOISE TEMPERATURE;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0031169713     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.622174     Document Type: Article

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1. These data are borrowed from different sources: Schottky diode and InSb data are taken from the Proc.7th Int. Symp. on Space Terahertz Technology (STT-7) University of Virginia Charlottesville VA March 1996; most recent SIS data are from STT-7 and Réf. Il; NbN HEB data are from STT-6 STT-7 Ref.5 and A.D. Semenov et al. Appl.Phys.Lett.vol.69 pp.260-262 July 1996; Nb HEB data are from Ref.613 and this work.
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