Low noise SIS mixer for far infrared radio astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 616-621

  Karpov, A ^a   Miller, D ^a   Rice, F ^a   Stern, J A ^b   Bumble, B ^b   LeDuc, H G ^b   Zmuidzinas, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low noise receiver; NbTiN; Niobium; SIS receiver; THz detector

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HETERODYNING; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MIXER CIRCUITS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN;

LOW NOISE RECEIVERS; NBTIN; SIS RECEIVERS; THZ DETECTORS;

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EID: 12744272115     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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