Torgashin MY, Koshelets VP, Dmitriev PN, Ermakov AB, Filippenko LV, Yagoubov PA. Superconducting integrated receivers based on Nb-AlN-NbN circuits. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.. 2007;17(2):379–82.
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Uzawa Y, Miki S, Wang Z, Kawakami A, Kroug M, Yagoubov P, et al. Performance of a quasi-optical NbN hot-electron bolometric mixer at terahertz frequencies. Supercond Sci Technol. 2002;15(1):141–5.
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Wild W, de Graauw T, Baryshev A, Bos A, Gao JR, Gunst A, et al. Terahertz technology for ESPRIT – a far-infrared space interferometer. In: Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Göteborg, Sweden; 2005.
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Yagoubov PL, Hoogeveen RWM, Maurellis AM, Mair U, Krocka M, Wagner G, et al. TELIS — development of a new balloon borne THz/submm heterodyne limb sounder. In: Proc. 14th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 2003. p. 204–14.
Abstract: We present a design concept for a new state-of-the-art balloon borne atmospheric monitor that will allow enhanced limb sounding of the Earth's atmosphere within the submillimeter and far-infrared wavelength spectral range: TELIS, TErahertz and submm LImb Sounder. The instrument is being developed by a consortium of major European institutes that includes the Space Research Organisation of the Netherlands (SRON), the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the United Kingdom and the Deutschen Zentrum far Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Germany (lead institute). TELIS will utilise state-of-the-art superconducting heterodyne technology and is designed to be a compact, lightweight instrument capable of providing broad spectral coverage, high spectral resolution and long flight duration (-24 hours duration during a single flight campaign). The combination of high sensitivity and extensive flight duration will allow evaluation of the diurnal variation of key atmospheric constituents such as OH, HO,, C10, BrO together will longer lived constituents such as 0 3 , HCL and N 2 0. Furthermore, TELIS will share a common balloon platform to that of the MIPAS-B Fourier Transform Spectrometer, developed by the Institute of Meteorology and Climate research of the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. MIPAS-B will provide simultaneous and complementary spectral measurements over an extended spectral range. The combination of the TELIS and MIPAS instruments will provide atmospheric scientists with a very powerful observational tool. TELIS will serve as a testbed for new cryogenic heterodyne detection techniques, and as such it will act as a prelude to future spacebome instruments planned by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Yagoubov P, Gol'tsman G, Voronov B, Svechnikov S, Cherednichenko S, Gershenzon E, et al. Quasioptical phonon-cooled NbN hot-electron bolometer mixer at THz frequencies. In: Proc. 7th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1996. p. 303–17.
Abstract: In our experiments we tested phonon-cooled hot-electron bolometer (HEB) quasioptical mixer based on spiral antenna designed for 0.5-1.2 THz frequency band and fabricated on sapphire, Si-coated sapphire and high resistivity silicon substrates. HEB devices were produced from thin superconducting NbN film 3.5-6 nm thick with the critical temperature of about 11-12 K. For these devices we achieved the receiver noise temperature T R (DSB) = 3000 K in the 500-700 GHz frequency range and an IF bandwidth of 3-4 GHz. Prelimanary measurements at frequencies 1-1.2 THz resulted the receiver noise temperature about 9000 K (DSB).
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