Quasi-optical attenuators for ALMA band 10 receiver

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1977-1980

  Gonzalez, Alvaro ^a   Fujii, Yasunori ^a   Kaneko, Keiko ^a   Uzawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atacama Large Millimeter submillimeter Array; Gaussian beams; Quasi optical waveguides; Submillimeter wave measurements; Submillimeter wave technology

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY; BEAM TRUNCATION; GHZ BAND; INJECTION SCHEMES; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; QUASI-OPTICAL; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM NOISE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS;

EID: 84860508770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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