NbN hot electron bolometric mixer with intrinsic receiver noise temperature of less than five times the quantum noise limit

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1007-1010

  Gerecht, E ^a   Musante, C F ^a   Zhuang, Y ^a   Ji, M ^a   Yngvesson, K S ^a   Goyette, T ^a   Waldman, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETRIC MIXER; QUANTUM NOISE LIMIT;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THIN FILMS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033694368     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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