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Author Baselmans, J.; Kooi, J.; Baryshev, A.; Yang, Z. Q.; Hajenius, M.; Gao, J. R.; Klapwijk, T. M.; Voronov, B.; Gol’tsman, G.
Title Full characterization of small volume NbN HEB mixers for space applications Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication (up) Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Abbreviated Journal Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.
Volume Issue Pages 457-462
Keywords NbN HEB mixers
Abstract NbN phonon cooled HEB’s are one of the most promising bolometer mixer technologies for (near) future (space) applications. Their performance is usually quantified by mea- suring the receiver noise temperature at a given IF frequency, usually around 1 – 2 GHz. However, for any real applications it is vital that one fully knows all the relevant properties of the mixer, including LO power, stability, direct detection, gain bandwidth and noise bandwidth, not only the noise temperature at low IF frequencies. To this aim we have measured all these parameters at the optimal operating point of one single, small volume quasioptical NbN HEB mixer. We find a minimum noise temperature of 900 K at 1.46 THz. We observe a direct detection effect indicated by a change in bias current when changing from a 300 K hot load to a 77 K cold load. Due to this effect we overestimate the noise temperature by about 22% using a 300 K hot load and a 77 K cold load. The LO power needed to reach the optimal operating point is 80 nW at the receiver lens front, 59 nW inside the NbN bridge. However, using the isothermal technique we find a power absorbed in the NbN bridge of 25 nW, a difference of about a factor 2. We obtain a gain bandwidth of 2.3 GHz and a noise bandwidth of 4 GHz. The system Allan time is about 1 sec. in a 50 MHz spectral bandwidth and a deviation from white noise integration (governed by the radiometer equation) occurs at 0.2 sec., which implies a maximum integration time of a few seconds in a 1 MHz bandwidth spectrometer.
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Author Meledin, D.; Pantaleev, M.; Pavolotsky, A.; Risacher, C.; Belitsky, V.; Drakinskiy, V.; Cherednichenko, S.
Title Balanced waveguide HEB mixer for APEX 1.3 THz receiver Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication (up) Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ wg_balanced Serial 362
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Author Hübers, H. W.; Pavlov, S. G.; Semenov, A. D.; Tredicucci, A.; Köhler, R.; Mahler, L.; Beere, H. E.; Linfield, E. H.; Ritchie, D. A.
Title Investigation of a 2.5 THz quantum cascade laser as local oscillator Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication (up) Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 18
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ qc_lasers_huebers Serial 366
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Author Mair, U.; Suttywong, N.; Hübers, H.-W.; Semenov, A. D.; Richter, H.; Wagner, G.; Birk, M.
Title Development of 1.8 THz receiver for the TELIS instrument Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication (up) Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ qo_TELIS_1p8_THz Serial 364
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Author Wild, W.; de Graauw, Th.; Baryshev, A.; Bos, A.; Gao, J. R.; Gunst, A.; Helmich, F.; ter Horst, R.; Jackson, B.; Maat, P.; Noordam, J.; Roelfsema, P.; Venema, L.; Whyborn, N.; Yagoubov, P.
Title Terahertz technology for ESPRIT – a far-infrared space interferometer Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication (up) Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ ESPRIT_interferom_Wild Serial 365
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