Technology and performance of THz hot-electron bolometer mixers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Konstantin, S I ^a   Stockhausen, Axel ^a   Scheuring, Alexander ^a   Siegel, Michael ^a   Semenov, Alexei D ^b   Richter, Heiko ^b   Huebers, Heinz Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Niobium nitride; Proximity effect; Superconducting hot electron bolometer detector; THz mixer

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA STRUCTURES; AU FILM; BI-LAYER; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FABRICATION PROCESS; HEB MIXERS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER MIXER; IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM; NIOBIUM NITRIDE; NOISE TEMPERATURE; NORMAL METALS; PROXIMITY EFFECT; SUPERCONDUCTING HOT-ELECTRON BOLOMETER DETECTOR; THZ MIXER; ULTRA-THIN;

ANTENNAS; BOLOMETERS; DETECTORS; ELECTRONS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NIOBIUM; NITRIDES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE; THICK FILM DEVICES;

GOLD;

EID: 68649116947     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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