Gain bandwidth of NbN hot-electron bolometer terahertz mixers on 1.5 μm Si3N4/SiO2 membranes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Cherednichenko, S ^a   Drakinskiy, V ^a   Baubert, J ^b   Krieg, J M ^b   Voronov, B ^c   Gol'Tsman, G ^c   Desmaris, V ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT ELECTRONS; MEMBRANES; SILICA; SILICON;

BULK SUBSTRATES; HEB MIXERS; NBN HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; TERAHERTZ MIXERS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 34547318080     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749302     Document Type: Article

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