Sb-heterostructure diode detector W-band NEP and NEDT optimization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6211, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moyer, H P ^a   Bowen, R L ^a   Schulman, J N ^a   Chow, D H ^a   Thomas III, S ^a   Hsu, T Y ^a   Lynch, J J ^a   Holabird, K S ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave detectors; Millimeter wave diodes; Millimeter wave imaging; Millimeter wave radiometry; Tunnel diodes

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAMERAS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TUNNEL DIODES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DETECTORS; MILLIMETER WAVE DIODES; MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING; MILLIMETER WAVE RADIOMETRY; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER (NEP);

DETECTORS;

EID: 33747724624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.667284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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