Local resistivity and the current-voltage characteristics of hot electron bolometer mixers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 495-498

  Hajenius, M ^a,b   Barends, R ^a   Gao, J R ^a,b   Klapwijk, T M ^a   Baselmans, J J A ^c   Baryshev, A ^d   Voronov, B ^e   Gol'tsman, G ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Space Research Organization of the Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HEB; Heterodyne mixing; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

HEB; HETERODYNE MIXING; HOT-ELECTRON BOLOMETERS; TERAHERTZ;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON DEVICES; HETERODYNING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 22044448906     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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