A 850-GHz waveguide receiver employing a niobium sis junction fabricated on a 1-μm si3n4 membrane

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Kooi, Jacob W ^a   Pety, Jérôme ^a   Bumble, Bruce ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Niobium superconducting film absorption loss; Silicon nitride membrane; Sis tunnel junction

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALLIC FILMS; MIXER CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM; SILICON NITRIDE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TUNING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

SUPERCONDUCTING INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTING (SIS) HETERODYNE RECEIVERS;

RADIO RECEIVERS;

EID: 0032002786     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.660981     Document Type: Article

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