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Author Floet D. W.; Gao J. R.; Klapwijk T. M.; de Korte P. A. J.
Title Bias Dependence of the Thermal Time Constant in Nb Superconducting Diffusion-Cooled HEB Mixers Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Appl. Phys. Lett. Abbreviated Journal Appl. Phys. Lett.
Volume 77 Issue Pages 1719
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Abstract We present an experimental study of the intermediate frequency bandwidth of a Nb diffusion-cooled hot-electron bolometer mixer for different bias voltages. The measurements show that the bandwidth increases with increasing voltage. Analysis of the data reveals that this effect is mainly caused by a decrease of the intrinsic thermal time of the mixer and that the effect of electrothermal feedback through the intermediate frequency circuit is small. The results are understood using a qualitative model, which takes into account the different effective diffusion constants in the normal and superconducting domains.
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Call Number RPLAB @ atomics90 @ Serial 971
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Author Il'in, K. S.; Lindgren, M.; Currie, M. A.; Semenov, D.; Gol'tsman, G. N.; Sobolewski, Roman; Cherednichenko, S. I.; Gershenzon, E. M.
Title Picosecond hot-electron energy relaxation in NbN superconducting photodetectors Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Appl. Phys. Lett. Abbreviated Journal Appl. Phys. Lett.
Volume 76 Issue 19 Pages 2752-2754
Keywords NbN HEB detectors, two-temperature model, IF bandwidth
Abstract We report time-resolved characterization of superconducting NbN hot-electron photodetectors using an electro-optic sampling method. Our samples were patterned into micron-size microbridges from 3.5-nm-thick NbN films deposited on sapphire substrates. The devices were illuminated with 100 fs optical pulses, and the photoresponse was measured in the ambient temperature range between 2.15 and 10.6 K (superconducting temperature transition TC). The experimental data agreed very well with the nonequilibrium hot-electron, two-temperature model. The quasiparticle thermalization time was ambient temperature independent and was measured to be 6.5 ps. The inelastic electron–phonon scattering time Ï„e–ph tended to decrease with the temperature increase, although its change remained within the experimental error, while the phonon escape time Ï„es decreased almost by a factor of two when the sample was put in direct contact with superfluid helium. Specifically, Ï„e–ph and Ï„es, fitted by the two-temperature model, were equal to 11.6 and 21 ps at 2.15 K, and 10(±2) and 38 ps at 10.5 K, respectively. The obtained value of Ï„e–ph shows that the maximum intermediate frequency bandwidth of NbN hot-electron phonon-cooled mixers operating at TC can reach 16(+4/–3) GHz if one eliminates the bolometric phonon-heating effect.
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Author Kawamura, Jonathan; Blundell, Raymond; Tong, C.-Y. Edward; Papa, D. Cosmo; Hunter, Todd R.; Paine, Scot.t. N.; Patt, Ferdinand; Gol'tsman, Gregory; Cherednichenko, Sergei; Voronov, Boris; Gershenzon, Eugene
Title Superconductive hot-electron bolometer mixer receiver for 800 GHz operation Type Miscellaneous
Year 2000 Publication IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques Abbreviated Journal IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume 48 Issue 4 Pages 683-689
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ Kawamura_superconductivehot-electron Serial 424
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Author Manus, M. K. Mc; Kash, J. A.; Steen, S. E.; Polonsky, S.; Tsang, J.C.; Knebel, D. R.; Huott, W.
Title PICA: Backside failure analysis of CMOS circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Microelectronics Reliability Abbreviated Journal Microelectronics Reliability
Volume 40 Issue Pages 1353-1358
Keywords SSPD, CMOS testing
Abstract Normal operation of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices entails the emission of picosecond pulses of light, which can be used to diagnose circuit problems. The pulses that are observed from submicron sized field effect transistors (FETs) are synchronous with logic state switching. Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis (PICA), a new optical imaging technique combining imaging with timing, spatially resolves individual devices at the 0.5 micron level and switching events on a 10 picosecond timescale. PICA is used here for the diagnostics of failures on two VLSI microprocessors.
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Author Gundlach, K. H.; Schicke, M.
Title SIS and bolometer mixers for terahertz frequencies Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Supercond. Sci. Technol Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue Pages 181-187
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ sis_Gundlach_2000 Serial 302
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