Mixing properties of NbN-based SIS mixers with NbTiN wirings

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-439

  Takeda, Masanori ^a   Shan, Wenlei ^b   Kojima, Takafumi ^c   Uzawa, Yoshinori ^c   Kroug, Matthias ^c   Li, Jing ^b   Shi, Shengcai ^b   Wang, Zhen ^a  

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

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Niobium nitride; Niobium titanium nitride; Submillimeter waves; Superconductor insulator superconductor mixers

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPLITTERS; BLACKBODY SOURCES; CRYOCOOLERS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; KAPTON FILMS; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MGO SUBSTRATE; MICRO-STRIPS; MICROSTRIPES; MIXING PROPERTY; NIOBIUM NITRIDE; NIOBIUM TITANIUM NITRIDE; NORMAL-STATE RESISTANCE; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; RECEIVER NOISE TEMPERATURES; SIS MIXERS; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXERS; TUNING CIRCUITS; VACUUM WINDOWS;

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NIOBIUM; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLYIMIDES; PRISMS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TITANIUM; WINDOWS;

TITANIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 68649106596     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2017886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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