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Gol'tsman, G. N.; Loudkov, D. N. |
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Terahertz superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixers and their application in radio astronomy |
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2003 |
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Radiophys. Quant. Electron. |
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46 |
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8/9 |
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604-617 |
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NbN HEB mixers |
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We review the latest developments, research, and radioastronomy applications of hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixers operated in the terahertz waveband. The physical principles of operation of terahertz HEB mixers are presented, their manufacturing from ultrathin NbN films, the main HEB-mixer parameters and their measurement techniques are discussed, and practical terahertz radioastronomy projects based on heterodyne receivers with HEB mixers are considered. |
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Gol’tsman, G. N.; Smirnov, K.; Kouminov, P.; Voronov, B.; Kaurova, N.; Drakinsky, V.; Zhang, J.; Verevkin, A.; Sobolewski, R. |
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Fabrication of nanostructured superconducting single-photon detectors |
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2003 |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
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2 |
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192-195 |
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NbN SSPD, SNSPD |
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Fabrication of NbN superconducting single-photon detectors, based on the hotspot effect is presented. The hotspot formation arises in an ultrathin and submicrometer-width superconductor stripe and, together with the supercurrent redistribution, leads to the resistive detector response upon absorption of a photon. The detector has a meander structure to maximally increase its active area and reach the highest detection efficiency. Main processing steps, leading to efficient devices, sensitive in 0.4-5 /spl mu/m wavelength range, are presented. The impact of various processing steps on the performance and operational parameters of our detectors is discussed. |
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Grimes, P.; Kittara, P.; Yassin, G.; Withington, S.; Jacobs, K. |
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Investigation of the performance of a 700 GHz nline mixer |
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2003 |
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Proc. 14th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. |
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Hajenius, M.; Baselmans, J. J. A.; Gao, J. R.; Klapwijk, T. M.; de Korte, P. A. J.; Voronov, B.; Gol’tsman, G. |
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Improved NbN phonon cooled hot electron bolometer mixers |
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2003 |
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Proc. 14th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. |
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Proc. 14th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. |
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NbN HEB mixers |
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NbN phonon-cooled hot electron bolometer mixers (HEBs) have been realized with negligible contact resistance to Au pads. By adding either a 5 nm Nb or a 10 nm NbTiN layer between the Au and NbN, to preserve superconductivity in the NbN under the Au contact pad, superior noise temperatures have been obtained. Using DC I,V curves and resistive transitions in combination with process parameters we analyze the nature of these improved devices and determine interface transparencies. |
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Hirata, A.; Harada, M.; Nagatsuma, T. |
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120-GHz wireless link using photonic techniques for generation, modulation, and emission of millimeter-wave signals |
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2003 |
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J. of Lightwave Technology |
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21 |
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10 |
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2145-2153 |
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subterahartz terahertz THz communications |
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We present a wireless link system that uses millimeter-wave (MMW) photonic techniques. The photonic transmitter in the wireless link consists of an optical 120-GHz MMW generator, an optical modulator, and a high-power photonic MMW emitter. A uni-traveling carrier photodiode (UTC-PD) was used as the photonic emitter in order to eliminate electronic MMW amplifiers. We evaluated the dependence of UTC-PD output power on its transit-time limited bandwidth and its CR-time constant limited bandwidth, and employed a UTC-PD with the highest output power for the photonic emitter. As for the MMW generation, we developed a 120-GHz optical MMW generator that generates a pulse train and one that generates a sinusoidal signal. The UTC-PD output power generated by a narrow pulse train was higher than that generated by sinusoidal signals under the same average optical power condition, which contributes to reducing the photocurrent of the photonic emitter. We have experimentally demonstrated that the photonic transmitter can transmit data at up to 3.0 Gb/s. The wireless link using the photonic transmitter can be applied to optical gigabit Ethernet signals. |
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