Compact 1.9 THz BWO local-oscillator for the GREAT heterodyne receiver

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Philipp, M ^a   Graf, U U ^a   Wagner Gentner, A ^a   Rabanus, D ^a   Lewen, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillator; GREAT; Local oscillator; SOFIA; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; FREQUENCY TRIPLERS; HETERODYNING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ALLAN VARIANCES; BACKWARD-WAVE OSCILLATOR; BEAM COUPLING; POWER DRIFTS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 34347335834     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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