PT Journal
AU Gerecht, E
   Musante, CF
   Zhuang, Y
   Yngvesson, KS
   Gol’tsman, GN
   Voronov, BM
   Gershenzon, EM
TI NbN hot electron bolometric mixerss—a new technology for low-noise THz receivers
SO IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
JI IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
PY 1999
BP 2519
EP 2527
VL 47
IS 12
DI 10.1109/22.809001
DE NbN HEB mixers
AB New advances in hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers have recently resulted in record-low receiver noise temperatures at terahertz frequencies. We have developed quasi-optically coupled NbN HEB mixers and measured noise temperatures up to 2.24 THz, as described in this paper. We project the anticipated future performance of such receivers to have even lower noise temperature and local-oscillator power requirement as well as wider gain and noise bandwidths. We introduce a proposal for integrated focal plane arrays of HEB mixers that will further increase the detection speed of terahertz systems.
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