Gousev, Y. P., Gol'tsman, G. N., Semenov, A. D., Gershenzon, E. M., Nebosis, R. S., Heusinger, M. A., et al. (1994). Broadband ultrafast superconducting NbN detector for electromagnetic radiation. J. Appl. Phys., 75(7), 3695–3697.
Abstract: An ultrafast detector that is sensitive to radiation in a broad spectral range from submillimeter waves to visible light is reported. It consists of a structured NbN thin film cooled to a temperature below Tc (∼11 K). Using 20 ps pulses of a GaAs laser, we observed signal pulses with both rise and decay time of about 50 ps. From the analysis of a mixing experiment with submillimeter radiation we estimate an intrinsic response time of the detector of ∼12 ps. The sensitivity was found to be similar for the near‐infrared and submillimeter radiation. Broadband sensitivity and short response time are attributed to a quasiparticle heating effect.
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Gol'tsman, G. N., Karasik, B. S., Okunev, O. V., Dzardanov, A. L., Gershenzon, E. M., Ekstrom, H., et al. (1995). NbN hot electron superconducting mixers for 100 GHz operation. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 5(2), 3065–3068.
Abstract: NbN is a promising superconducting material for hot-electron superconducting mixers with an IF bandwidth larger than 1 GHz. In the 1OO GHz frequency range, the following parameters were obtained for 50 /spl Aring/ thick NbN films at 4.2 K: receiver noise temperature (DSB) /spl sim/1000 K; conversion loss /spl sim/10 dB; IF bandwidth /spl sim/1 GHz; and local oscillator power /spl sim/1 /spl mu/W. An increase of the critical current of the NbN film, increased working temperature, and a better mixer matching may allow a broader IF bandwidth up to 2 GHz, reduced conversion losses down to 3-5 dB and a receiver noise temperature (DSB) down to 200-300 K.
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Hans Ekstrom, Karasik, B. S., Kollberg, E. L., & Sigfrid Yngvesson. (1995). Conversion gain and noise of niobium superconducting hot–electron–mixers. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 43(4), 938–947.
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Karasik, B. S., & Elantiev, A. I. (1995). Analysis of the noise performance of a hot-electron superconducting bolometer mixer. In Proc. 6th Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol. (pp. 229–246). Pasadena, Ca.
Abstract: A theoretical analysis for the noise temperature of hot–electron superconducting mixer has been presented. Thecontributions of both Johnson noise and electron temperature fluctuations have been evaluated. A set of criteriaensuring low noise performance of the mixer has been stated and a simple analytic expression for the noisetemperature of the mixer device has been suggested. It has been shown that an improvement of the mixer sensitivitydoes not necessarily follow by a decrease of the bandwidth. An SSB noise temperature limit due to the intrinsic noisemechanisms has been estimated to be as low as 40–90 K for a mixer device made from Nb or NbN thin film.Furthermore, the conversion gain bandwidth can be as wide as is allowed by the intrinsic electron temperaturerelaxation time if an appropriate choice of the mixer resistance has been made. The intrinsic mixer noise bandwidthis of 3 GHz for Nb device and of 5 GHz for NbN device. An additional improvement of the theory has been madewhen a distinction between the impedance measured at high intermediate frequency (larger than the mixerbandwidth) and the mixer ohmic resistance has been taken into account.Recently obtained experimental data on Nb and NbNbolometer mixer devices are viewed in connection with thetheoretical predictions.The noise temperature limit has also been specified for the mixer device where an outdiffusion coolingmechanism rather than the electron–phonon energy relaxation determines the mixer bandwidth. A consideration ofthe noise performance of a bolometer mixer made from YBaCuO film utilizing a hot–electron effect has been done.
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Karasik, B. S., & Elantiev, A. I. (1996). Noise temperature limit of a superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixer. Appl. Phys. Lett., 68(6), 853–855.
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