1.6 THz heterodyne receiver for the far infrared space telescope

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 372-376, Issue PART 1, 2002, Pages 427-431

  Cherednichenko, S ^a   Kroug, M ^a   Merkel, H ^a   Khosropanah, P ^a   Adam, A ^a   Kollberg, E ^a   Loudkov, D ^b   Gol'tsman, G ^b   Voronov, B ^b   Richter, H ^c   Huebers, H W ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hot electron bolometric mixer; NbN thin film; Terahertz receiver

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; HETERODYNING; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHONONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FAR INFRARED SPACE TELESCOPES; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0043266391     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(02)00715-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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