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Merkel HF, Yagoubov PA, Kroug M, Khosropanah P, Kollberg EL, Gol’tsman GN, et al. Noise temperature and absorbed LO power measurement methods for NbN phonon-cooled hot electron bolometric mixers at terahertz frequencies. In: Proc. 28th European Microwave Conf. Vol 1.; 1998. p. 294–9.
Abstract: In this paper the absorbed LO power requirements and the noise performance of NbN based phonon-cooled hot electron bolometric (HEB) quasioptical mixers are investigated for RF frequencies in the 0.55-1.1 range The minimal measured DSB noise temperatures are about 500 K at 640 GHz, 600 K at 750 GHz, 850 K at 910 GHz and 1250 K at 1.1 THz. The increase in noise temperature at 1.1THz is attributed to water absorption. The absorbed LO power is measured using a calorimetric approach. The results are subsequently corrected for lattice heating. These values are compared to results of a novel one dimensional hot spot mixer models and to a more traditional isotherm method which tends to underestimate the absorbed LO power for small bias powers. Typically a LO power between 50nW and 100nW is needed to pump the device to the optimal operating point.
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Gerecht E, Musante CF, Jian H, Yngvesson KS, Dickinson J, Waldman J, et al. Measured results for NbN phonon-cooled hot electron bolometric mixers at 0.6-0.75 THz, 1.56 THz, and 2.5 THz. In: Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1998. p. 105–14.
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Mann CM, Matheson DN, Ellison BN, Oldfield ML, Moyna BP, Spencer JJ, et al. On the design and measurement of a 2.5 THz waveguide mixer. In: Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1998. 161.
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Chouvaev D, Kuzmin L, Tarasov M, Sundquist P, Willander M, Claeson T. Normal metal hot-electron microbolometer with Andreev mirrors for THz space applications. In: Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1998. p. 331–5.
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Tetsu Suzuki, Chris Mann, Takanari Yasui, Hirotomo Fujishima, Koji Mizuno. Quasi–integrated planar Schottky barrier diodes for 2.5 THz receivers. In: Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1998. 187.
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Maddison BJ, Martin RJ, Oldfield ML, Mann CM, Matheson DN, Ellison BN, et al. A compact 500 GHz planar schottky siode receiver with a wide instantaneous bandwidth. In: Proc. 9th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1998. 367.
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Brown RL. Technical specification of the Millimeter Array. In: Phillips TG, editor. Proc. SPIE, Advanced Technology MMW, Radio, and Terahertz Telescopes, vol. 3357.; 1998. p. 231–7.
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Il’in KS, Milostnaya II, Verevkin AA, Gol’tsman GN, Gershenzon EM, Sobolewski R. Ultimate quantum efficiency of a superconducting hot-electron photodetector. Appl Phys Lett. 1998;73(26):3938–40.
Abstract: The quantum efficiency and current and voltage responsivities of fast hot-electron photodetectors, fabricated from superconducting NbN thin films and biased in the resistive state, have been shown to reach values of 340, 220 A/W, and 4×104 V/W,
respectively, for infrared radiation with a wavelength of 0.79 μm. The characteristics of the photodetectors are presented within the general model, based on relaxation processes in the nonequilibrium electron heating of a superconducting thin film. The observed, very high efficiency and sensitivity of the superconductor absorbing the photon are explained by the high multiplication rate of quasiparticles during the avalanche breaking of Cooper pairs.
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Floet DW, Baselmans JJA, Klapwijk TM, Gao JR. Resistive transition of niobium superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixers. Appl Phys Lett. 1998;73(19):2826.
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Dahl H, Metz HJ, Wriedt T. Light scattering of silver halide crystals. In: Proc. 3rd Workshop on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering. Universität Bremen; 1998. p. 51–8.
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