Terahertz heterodyne receiver with quantum cascade laser and hot electron bolometer mixer in a pulse tube cooler

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Richter, H ^a   Semenov, A D ^a   Pavlov, S G ^a   Mahler, L ^b   Tredicucci, A ^b   Beere, H E ^c   Ritchie, D A ^c   Il'In, K S ^d   Siegel, M ^d   Hubers H W ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; COOLING SYSTEMS; HETERODYNING; HOT CARRIERS; HOT ELECTRONS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RADIO RECEIVERS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BEAM PROPAGATION FACTOR; DOUBLE SIDE-BAND; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOT-ELECTRON BOLOMETER MIXERS; LIQUID CRYOGEN; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; OPTICAL-; PULSE TUBE COOLER; QUANTUM CASCADE; SIGNAL PATHS; TERAHERTZ;

ELECTRON TUBES;

EID: 53649095811     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2988896     Document Type: Article

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