A 385- 500 GHz SIS Mixer for APEX Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Monje, Raquel R ^a   Belitsky, Victor ^a   Vassilev, Vessen ^a   Pavolotsky, Alexey ^a   Lapkin, Igor ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Sideband separating receivers; SIS mixer; Waveguide probe

Indexed keywords

SIDEBAND SEPARATING RECEIVERS; SIS MIXERS; WAVEGUIDE PROBE;

ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SPACE TELESCOPES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 33749640703     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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