IF bandwidth and noise temperature measurements of NbN HEB mixers on MgO substrates

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 11, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 175-178

  Miki, Shigehito ^a   Uzawa, Yoshinori ^b   Kawakami, Akira ^b   Wang, Zhen ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IF bandwidth; NbN HEB mixer; Receiver noise temperature; Terahertz frequencies

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; HOT CARRIERS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETRIC MIXERS; IF BANDWIDTH; NIOBIUM NITRIDE; RECEIVER NOISE TEMPERATURE; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035268549     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.919313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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