Terahertz photonic mixers as local oscillators for hot electron bolometer and superconductor-insulator-superconductor astronomical receivers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mayorga, I Cámara ^a   Munoz Pradas P ^b   Michael, E A ^b   Mikulics, M ^c   Schmitz, A ^a   Van Der Wal, P ^a   Kaseman, C ^a   Gusten R ^a   Jacobs, K ^b   Marso, M ^c   Luth H ^c   Kordos P ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BOLOMETERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

ASTRONOMICAL RECEIVERS; HOT-ELECTRON-BOLOMETER (HEB) RECEIVERS; NOISE TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) RECEIVERS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 33748319735     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2336486     Document Type: Article

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