Gousev, Y. P., Semenov, A. D., Pechen, E. V., Varlashkin, A. V., Nebosis, R. S., & Renk K. F. (1996). Coupling of terahertz radiation to a high-Т(с) superconducting hot electron bolometer mixer. Appl. Phys. Lett.,, 69, 691–693.
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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Gousev, Y. P., Semenov, A. D., Goghidze, I. G., Pechen, E. V., Varlashkin, A. V., Gol'tsman, G. N., et al. (1997). Current dependent noise in a YBa2Cu3O7-δ hot-electron bolometer. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 7(2), 3556–3559.
Abstract: We investigated the output noise of a YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) superconducting hot-electron bolometer (HEB) in a large frequency range (10 kHz to 8 GHz); the bolometer either consisted of a structured 50 nm thick YBCO film on LaAlO/sub 3/ or a 30 nm thick film on a MgO substrate. We found that flicker noise dominated at low frequencies (below 1 MHz), while at higher frequencies Johnson noise and a current dependent noise were the main noise sources.
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