Full characterization and analysis of a terahertz heterodyne receiver based on a NbN hot electron bolometer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hajenius, M ^a,b   Baselmans, J J A ^b   Baryshev, A ^b,c   Gao, J R ^a,b   Klapwijk, T M ^a   Kooi, J W ^d   Jellema, W ^b   Yang, Z Q ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS (HEB); TERAHERTZ HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; WIDE ANTENNA BANDWIDTHS;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRONS; HETERODYNING; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33749992622     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354421     Document Type: Article

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