A 530-GHz Balanced Mixer

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 467-469

  Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^a   Rice, Frank ^b   Miller, David ^b   LeDuc, Henry G ^c   Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced mixer; low noise; superconductor insulator superconductor (SIS) junctions

Indexed keywords

SLOT ANTENNAS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

BALANCED MIXER; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR (SIS) JUNCTIONS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 8744253860     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.808038     Document Type: Article

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