noise and gain in frequency mixers with NbN SIS junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1077-1080

  Karpov, A ^a   Plathner, B ^a   Blondel, J ^a   Schicke, M ^a   Gundlach, K H ^a  

^a IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); MAGNESIA; MIXER CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TUNING;

SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) MIXERS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0031170110     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.614712     Document Type: Article

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