Heterodyne receiver for 3-5 THz with hot electron bolometer mixer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 579-586

  Hubers H W ^a   Semenov, A ^a   Richter, H ^a   Schwarz, M ^a   Gunther B ^a   Smirnov, K ^b   Gol'tsman, G ^b   Voronov, B ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b State Pedagogical University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heterodyne; Hot electron bolometer; Mixer; Superconductivity; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HETERODYNING; MIXER CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PRODUCT DESIGN; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS (HEB); SCHOTTKY DIODES DOUBLE SIDEBAND (DSB); TERAHERTZ;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 12744260355     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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