Stability of HEB receivers at THz frequencies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 605-615

  Berg, T ^a   Cherednichenko, S ^a   Drakinskiy, V ^a   Khosropanah, P ^a   Merkel, H ^a   Kollberg, E ^a   Kooi, J W ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

HEB; Heterodyne; Mixer; NbN; Receiver; Stability; Superconductivity; THz

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRONS; HETERODYNING; MIXER CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS;

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS (HEB); LOCAL OSCILLATOR POWER; NBN; SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 12744255398     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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