A dual-polarized quasi-optical SIS mixer at 550 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1680-1686

  Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^a   Miller, David ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual polarization; Low noise; Mixer; Quasi optical; Superconductor insulator superconductor

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY CIRCUIT; JUNCTION TUNING CIRCUITS; QUASI OPTICAL SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXER;

ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUNING;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034294323     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.873895     Document Type: Article

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