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Semenov, A.; Richter, H.; Hübers, H.-W.; Smirnov, K.; Voronov, B.; Gol'tsman, G. |
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Development of terahertz superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixers |
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2003 |
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Proc. 6th European Conf. Appl. Supercond. |
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Proc. 6th European Conf. Appl. Supercond. |
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2960-2965 |
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NbN HEB mixers |
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We present recent results of the development of phonon cooled hot-electron bolometric (HEB) mixers for airborne and balloon borne terahertz heterodyne receivers. Three iomportant issues have been addresses: the quality of NbN films the HEB mixers were made from, the spectral properties of the HEB mixers and the local oscillator power required for optical operation. Studies with an atomic force microscope indicate, that the performance of the HEB mixer might have been effected by the microstructure of the NbN film. Antenna gain and noise temperature were investigated at terahertz frequencies for a HEB embedded in either log-spiral or twin-slot feed antenna. Comparison suggests that at frequencies above 3 THz the spiral feed provides better overall performance. At 1.6 THz, a power of 2.5 µW was required from the local oscillator for optimal operation of the HEB mixer. |
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Loudkov, D.; Tong, C. Y. E.; Blundell, R.; Kaurova, N.; Grishina, E.; Voronov, B.; Gol'tsman, G. |
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An investigation of the performance of the superconducting HEB슠mixer as a function of its RF슠embedding impedance |
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2005 |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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472-475 |
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HEB mixer |
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Torgashin, M. Yu.; Koshelets, V. P.; Dmitriev, P. N.; Ermakov, A. B.; Filippenko, L. V.; Yagoubov, P. A. |
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Superconducting integrated receivers based on Nb-AlN-NbN circuits |
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2007 |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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379-382 |
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Gol'tsman, G. N.; Karasik, B. S.; Okunev, O. V.; Dzardanov, A. L.; Gershenzon, E. M.; Ekstrom, H.; Jacobsson, S.; Kollberg, E. |
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NbN hot electron superconducting mixers for 100 GHz operation |
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1995 |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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3065-3068 |
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NbN is a promising superconducting material for hot-electron superconducting mixers with an IF bandwidth larger than 1 GHz. In the 1OO GHz frequency range, the following parameters were obtained for 50 /spl Aring/ thick NbN films at 4.2 K: receiver noise temperature (DSB) /spl sim/1000 K; conversion loss /spl sim/10 dB; IF bandwidth /spl sim/1 GHz; and local oscillator power /spl sim/1 /spl mu/W. An increase of the critical current of the NbN film, increased working temperature, and a better mixer matching may allow a broader IF bandwidth up to 2 GHz, reduced conversion losses down to 3-5 dB and a receiver noise temperature (DSB) down to 200-300 K. |
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Hans Ekstrom; Karasik, Boris S.; Kollberg, Erik L.; Sigfrid Yngvesson |
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Conversion gain and noise of niobium superconducting hot–electron–mixers |
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1995 |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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938-947 |
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