A 1.5 THz hot-electron bolometer mixer operated by a planar diode based local oscillator

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 751-754

  Tong, C Y Edward ^a   Meledin, Denis ^a   Loudkov, Denis ^a   Blundell, Raymond ^a   Erickson, Neal ^b   Kawamura, Jonathan ^c   Mehdi, Imran ^c   Gol'tsman, Gregory ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

HOT-ELECTRON BOLOMETER MIXERS;

SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0041592514     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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