A 1-THz superconducting hot-electron-bolometer receiver for astronomical observations

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2338-2343

  Meledin, Denis V ^a,b   Matrone, Daniel P ^a   Tong, C Y Edward ^a   Gibson, Hugh ^a,c   Blundell, Raymond ^a   Paine, Scott N ^a   Papa, D Cosmo ^a   Smith, Michael ^a   Hunter, Todd R ^a   Battat, James ^a   Voronov, Boris ^d   Gol'tsman, Gregory ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers; Submillimeter wave technology; Terahertz astronomy

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; FREQUENCIES; IONIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

HOT-ELECTRON-BOLOMETER (HEB) MIXERS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY; TERAHERTZ ASTRONOMY;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 7044270836     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.835979     Document Type: Article

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