TY  - CONF
AU  - Semenov, Alexei
AU  - Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm
AU  - Richter, Heiko
AU  - Birk, Manfred
AU  - Krocka, Michael
AU  - Mair, Ulrich
AU  - Smirnov, Konstantin
AU  - Gol'tsman, Grigory
AU  - Voronov, Boris
PY  - 2002
DA  - 2002//
TI  - Performance of terahertz heterodyne receiver with a superconducting hot-electron mixer
T2  - Proc. 13[super:th] Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.
BT  - Proc. 13[super:th] Int. Symp. Space Terahertz Technol.
SP  - 229
EP  - 234
AB  - During the past decade major advances have been made regarding low noise mixers for terahertz heterodyne receivers. State of the art hot-electron-bolometer (HEB) mixers have noise temperatures close to the quantum limit and require less than a microwatt power from the local oscillator (L0). The technology is now at a point where the performance of a practical receiver employing such mixer, rather than the figures of merit of the mixer itself, is of major concern. We have incorporated a phonon-cooled NbN HEB mixer in a 2.5 THz heterodyne receiver and investigated its performance. This yields important information for future development of heterodyne receivers such as GREAT (German receiver for astronomy at THz frequencies aboard SOFIA) [1] and TELIS (Terahertz limb sounder), a balloon borne heterodyne receiver for atmospheric research [2]. Both are currently under development at DLR.
UR  - https://www.nrao.edu/meetings/isstt/2002.shtml
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ID  - Semenov_etal2002
ER  -