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Author Ryabchun, S.; Tong, C.-yu E.; Blundell, R.; Kimberk, R.; Gol’tsman, G.
Title Effect of microwave radiation on the stability of terahertz hot-electron bolometer mixers Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal Proc. SPIE
Volume (down) 6373 Issue Pages 63730J (1 to 5)
Keywords NbN HEB mixers, hot-electron bolometer mixers, stability, Allan variance, LO power fluctuations
Abstract We report our studies of the effect of microwave radiation, with a frequency much lower than that corresponding to the energy gap of the superconductor, on the performance of the NbN hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixer incorporated into a THz heterodyne receiver. It is shown that exposing the HEB mixer to microwave radiation does not result in a significant rise of the receiver noise temperature and degradation of the mixer conversion gain so long as the level of microwave power is small compared to the local oscillator drive. Hence the injection of a small, but controlled amount of microwave radiation enables active compensation of local oscillator power and coupling fluctuations which can significantly degrade the stability of HEB mixer receivers.
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Publisher SPIE Place of Publication Editor Anwar, M.; DeMaria, A.J.; Shur, M.S.
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Area Expedition Conference Terahertz Physics, Devices, and Systems
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Call Number Serial 1441
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Author David Olaya; Jian Wei; Sergei Pereverzev; Karasik, Boris S.; Kawamura, Jonat.han H.; McGrath, William R.; Sergeyev, Andrei V.; Gershenson, Michael E.
Title An ultrasensitive hot-electron bolometer for low-background SMM applications Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 6275 Issue Pages 627506
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ qoheb_det_SPIE_Olaya_2006 Serial 387
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Author Karpov, A.; Miller, D.; Rice, F.; Stern, J. A.; Bumble, B.; LeDuc, H. G.; Zmuidzinas, J.
Title Development of 1.25 THz SIS mixer for Herschel Space Observatory Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 6275 Issue Pages 62751
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor Zmuidzinas, Jonas; Holland, Wayne S.
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ Karpov_SIS_2006 Serial 401
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Author Cherednichenko, S.; Drakinskiy, V.; Baubert, J.; Lecomte, B.; Dauplay, F.; Krieg, J. M.; Delorme, Y.; Feret, A.; Hübers, H. W.; Semenov, A. D.; Gol'tsman, G. N.
Title 2.5 THz multipixel heterodyne receiver based on NbN HEB mixers Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal Proc. SPIE
Volume (down) 6275 Issue Pages 62750I (1 to 11)
Keywords HEB, mixer, membrane
Abstract A 16 pixel heterodyne receiver for 2.5 THz has been developed based on NbN superconducting hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixers. The receiver uses a quasioptical RF coupling approach where HEB mixers are integrated into double dipole antennas on 1.5 µm thick Si3N4/SiO2 membranes. Spherical mirrors (one per pixel) and backshort distance from the antenna have been used to design the output mixer beam profile. The camera design allows all 16 pixel IF readout in parallel. The gain bandwidth of the HEB mixers on Si3N4/SiO2 membranes was found to be 0.7÷0.9 GHz, which is much smaller than for similar devices on silicon. Application of buffer layers and use of alternative types of membranes (e.g. silicon-on-insulator) is under investigation.
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Call Number Serial 561
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Author Piotr슠Orleanski; Miroslaw슠Ciechanowicz; Malgorzata슠Michalska; Witold슠Nowosielski; Miroslaw슠Rataj; Marek슠Winkler
Title LCU: the control unit dedicated for local oscillator subsystem in ESA HIFI/Herschel project Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 6159 Issue Pages
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ LO_control_HIFI_Heschel_2006 Serial 391
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Author Gol'tsman, G.; Maslennikov, S.; Finkel, M.; Antipov, S.; Kaurova, N.; Grishina, E.; Polyakov, S.; Vachtomin, Y.; Svechnikov, S.; Smirnov, K.; Voronov, B.
Title Nanostructured ultrathin NbN film as a terahertz hot-electron bolometer mixer Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. MRS Abbreviated Journal Proc. MRS
Volume (down) 935 Issue Pages 210 (1 to 6)
Keywords NbN HEB mixers
Abstract Planar spiral antenna coupled and directly lens coupled NbN HEB mixer structures are studied. An additional MgO buffer layer between the superconducting film and Si substrate is introduced. The buffer layer enables us to increase the gain bandwidth of a HEB mixer due to better acoustic transparency. The gain bandwidth is widened as NbN film thickness decreases and amounts to 5.2 GHz. The noise temperature of antenna coupled mixer is 1300 and 3100 K at 2.5 and 3.8 THz respectively. The structure and composition of NbN films is investigated by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy methods. Noise performance degradation at LO frequencies more than 3 THz is due to the use of a planar antenna and signal loss in contacts between the antenna and the sensitive NbN bridge. The mixer is reconfigured for operation at higher frequencies in a manner that receiver’s noise temperature is only 2300 K (3 times of quantum limit) at LO frequency of 30 THz.
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Call Number Serial 1440
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Author Kenyon, M.; Day, P. K.; Bradford, C. M.; Bock, J. J.; Leduc, H. G.
Title Background-limited membrane-isolated TES bolometers for far-IR/submillimeter direct-detection spectroscopy Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Nucl. Instr. & Meth. Phys. Res. A Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 559 Issue Pages 456-458
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ TES_NEP_1e_19 Serial 384
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Author Shitov, Sergey V.; Vystavkin, Alexander N.
Title A design analysis of imaging radiometer with antenna-coupled transition-edge sensors Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 559 Issue Pages 503-505
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ det_imag_radiometer_Shitov Serial 402
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Author Irwin, K.D.
Title Thermodynamics of nonlinear bolometers near equilibrium Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. 11th International Workshop on Low Temp. Detectors Abbreviated Journal Proc. 11th International Workshop on Low Temp. Detectors
Volume (down) 559 Issue 2 Pages 718-720
Keywords bolometers, microcalorimeters, nonlinear thermodynamics, nonequilibrium
Abstract We present the first thermodynamically correct calculation of the noise in a simple nonlinear resistive bolometer or calorimeter operated out of equilibrium. The solution is rigorous only for first- and second-order deviations from equilibrium, and for the linear and quadratic terms of dissipative elements. In contrast, existing models of noise in resistive bolometers are based on the application of equilibrium theories to a system that is often nonlinear and out of equilibrium. We derive solutions applicable both in and out of steady state. The noise has power spectral density different from the equilibrium theory, and it has higher-order correlations and non-Gaussian characteristics. The results do not apply to non-Markovian hidden variables in the bolometer.
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Call Number Serial 915
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Author Chulkova, G.; Milostnaya, I.; Tarkhov, M.; Korneev, A.; Minaeva, O.; Voronov, B.; Divochiy, A.; Gol'tsman, G.; Kitaygorsky, J.; Pan, D.; Sobolewski, R.
Title Superconducting single-photon nanostructured detectors for advanced optical applications Type Conference Article
Year 2006 Publication Proc. Symposium on Photonics Technologies for 7th Framework Program Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 400 Issue Pages
Keywords SSPD, SNSPD
Abstract We present superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) based on NbN thin-film nanostructures and operated at liquid helium temperatures. The SSPDs are made of ultrathin NbN films (2.5-4 nm thick, Tc= 9-11K) as meander-shaped nanowires covering the area of 10× 10 µm2. Our detectors are operated at the temperature well below the critical temperature Tc and are DC biased by a current Ib close to the meander critical current Ic. The operation principle of the detector is based on the use of the resistive region in a narrow ultra-thin superconducting stripe upon the absorption of an incident photon. The developed devices demonstrate high sensitivity and response speed in a broadband range from UV to mid-IR (up to 6 µm), making them very attractive for advanced optical technologies, which require efficient detectors of single quanta and low-density optical radiation.
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Call Number RPLAB @ sasha @ chulkova2006superconducting Serial 1021
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