1.8 THz superconductive hot-electron bolometer mixer for Herschel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4855, Issue , 2002, Pages 355-360

  Kawamura, J ^a   Bumble, B ^a   Harding, D ^a   McGrath, W R ^a   Focardi, P ^a   LeDuc, H G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterodyne; Mixer; Receiver; Submillimeter; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRONS; HETERODYNING; MIXER CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

HETERODYNE INSTRUMENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVE HOT-ELECTRON BOLOMETER MIXER;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0038128293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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