SIS mixers based on NbN techniques for ALMA band 10

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-362

  Takeda, Masanori ^a   Uzawa, Yoshinori ^a,b   Wang, Zhen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fourier transform spectrometer; Niobium nitride; SIS mixers; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

NBN TECHNIQUES; SIS MIXERS; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; TUNING CIRCUITS;

CRITICAL CURRENTS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MIXER CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 34547490048     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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