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Tong CYE, Blundell R, Bumble B, Stern JA, LeDuc HG. Sub-Millimeter distributed quasiparticle receiver employing a non-Linear transmission line. In: Proc. 7th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.; 1996. 47.
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Tong CYE, Blundell R, Paine S, Papa DC, Kawamura J, Stern J, et al. Design and characterization of a 250-350 GHz fixed-tuned superconductor-insulator-insulator receiver. IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn.. 1996;44(9):1548–56.
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Kerr AR, Feldman MJ, Pan S-K. Receiver noise temperature, the quantum noise limit, and the role of the zero-point fluctuations. Electronics division internal report NO. 304. 1996:1–10.
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Gousev YP, Semenov AD, Pechen EV, Varlashkin AV, Nebosis RS, Renk K. F. Coupling of terahertz radiation to a high-Т(с) superconducting hot electron bolometer mixer. Appl Phys Lett,. 1996;69:691–3.
Abstract: We report on efficient coupling of THz radiation to a high-T(c) superconducting hot electron bolometer that is suitable for heterodyne detection. Our quasioptical system consisted of a planar self-complementary spiral antenna on a dielectric substrate clamped to an extended hyperhemispherical lens. The antenna was integrated into a co-planar line for broadband intermediate frequency matching. Measurements in the homodyne regime at a frequency of 2.5 THz showed a radiation pattern with a beam width of 1° and a coupling efficiency of 0.1. We measured, at an intermediate frequency of 1.5 GHz, an output noise temperature of'160 K and estimated for the device, operated in the heterodyne regime, a system noise temperature of 30 000 K. We also discuss possibilities of significant improvement of the sensitivity.
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