Direct comparison of the sensitivity of a spiral and a twin-slot antenna coupled HEB mixer at 1.6 THz

17th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2006, ISSTT 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 30-33

  Gao, J R ^a   Hajenius, M ^a   Yang, Z Q ^b   Klapwijk, T M ^a   Miao, W ^c   Shi, S C ^c   Voronov, B ^d   Gol'tsman, G ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bolometer mixer; Hot electron; Spiral antenna; THz; Twin slot antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA-COUPLED; BATH TEMPERATURES; DIRECT DETECTION EFFECTS; HEB MIXERS; RECEIVER NOISE TEMPERATURES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; THZ;

ANTENNAS; HOT ELECTRONS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84883309989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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