NbTiN/SiO2/Al tuning circuits for low-noise 1 THz SIS mixers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 11, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 653-656

  Jackson, B D ^a   Losad, N N ^b   De Lange, G ^a   Baryshev, A M ^a   Laauwen, W M ^a   Gao, J R ^a   Klapwijk, T M ^b  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mixers; Radio astronomy; Submillimeter wave devices; Superconducting devices

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SILICA; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TEMPERATURE; TUNING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

QUASIOPTICAL MIXER; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXERS; TUNING CIRCUITS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0035269109     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.919429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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