Superconducting detectors and mixers for millimeter and submillimeter astrophysics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1597-1616

  Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^a   Richards, Paul L ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Millimeter wave detectors; Radio astronomy; Submillimeter wave detectors; Superconducting devices; Superconducting radiation detectors; Superconductor insulator superconductor mixers

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GALAXIES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

MILLIMETER-WAVE DETECTORS; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING RADIATION DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXERS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 21244502134     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.833670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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