Towards detection of OH Line at 3.5 THz using a HEB mixer and a distributed feedback quantum cascade laser

Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 34-39

  Zhang, W ^a,c   Khosropanah, P ^a   Hovenier, J N ^b   Gao, J R ^a,b   Bansal, T ^a,b   Klapwijk, T M ^b   Amanti, M I ^d   Scalari, G ^d   Faist, J ^d  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; DOUBLE SIDE-BAND RECEIVERS; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; LOCAL OSCILLATOR POWER; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; NOISE TEMPERATURE; RECEIVER STABILITY;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84888068605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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