Heterodyne instrumentation upgrade at the caltech submillimeter observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 332-348

  Kooi, J W ^a   Kovacs A ^a   Bumble, B ^b   Chattopadhyay, G ^a   Edgar, M L ^a   Kaye, S ^a   Leduc, R ^b   Zmuidzinas, J ^a   Phillips, T G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced mixer theory; Continuous comparison receiver; Full height waveguide to thin film microstrip transition; High current density superconducting insulating superconducting (SIS) tunnel junction; Radial probe; Split block

Indexed keywords

BALANCED MIXER THEORY; BROAD BANDWIDTH QUADRATURE WAVEGUIDE HYBRID; CONTINUOUS COMPARISON RECEIVERS; DC-BREAK; FULL-HEIGHT WAVEGUIDE TO THIN-FILM MICROSTRIP TRANSITIONS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITY; IF MATCH; RADIAL PROBES; SPLIT-BLOCK; SUPERCONDUCTING-INSULATING-SUPERCONDUCTING (SIS);

AUTOMATION; BANDWIDTH; HETERODYNING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OBSERVATORIES; POLARIZATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEGUIDES;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 12744261731     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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