A 350GHz radial-probe SIS mixer for astronomical imaging arrays

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1305-1312

  Withington, S ^a   Leech, J ^a   Yassin, G ^a   Isaak, K G ^a   Jackson, B D ^b   Gao, J R ^c   Klapwijk, T M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

IMAGING ARRAYS; NOISE TEMPERATURES; OPTICAL COUPLING; WAVEGUIDE LOSS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 10844271617     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015089220441     Document Type: Article

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