Low-noise 0.8-0.96- And 0.96-1.12-THz superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixers for the herschel space observatory

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 547-557

  Jackson, Brian D ^a,b   De Lange, Gert ^a   Zijlstra, Tony ^b   Kroug, Matthias ^b   Kooi, Jacob W ^c   Stern, Jeffrey A ^d   Klapwijk, Teun M ^b,e,f  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^f AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical satellites; Niobium; Niobium compounds; Radio astronomy; Submillimeter wave mixers; Superconductor insulator superconductor (SIS) mixers

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP TUNING CIRCUITS; RECEIVER NOISE TEMPERATURES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE MIXERS; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) MIXERS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BANDWIDTH; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; TUNING;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 33144458243     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.862717     Document Type: Article

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