Fabrication and IF bandwidth measurements of NbN hot-electron bolometers

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 77-83

  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

Hot electron bolometer; IF bandwidth; NbN thin films; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY BANDWIDTH MEASUREMENT; NIOBIUM MICROSTRIP; NIOBIUM NITRIDE BOLOMETERS; NIOBIUM THIN FILMS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0036312577     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.1111     Document Type: Article

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