@InProceedings{Yngvesson_etal1999,
author="Yngvesson, K. S.
and Gerecht, E.
and Musante, C. F.
and Zhuang, Y.
and Ji, M.
and Goyette, T. M.
and Dickinson, J. C.
and Waldman, J.
and Yagoubov, P. A.
and Gol{\textquoteright}tsman, G. N.
and Voronov, B. M.
and Gershenzon, E. M.",
editor="Hwu, R. J.
and Wu, K.",
title="Low-noise HEB heterodyne receivers and focal plane arrays for the THz regime using NbN",
booktitle="Proc. SPIE",
year="1999",
publisher="SPIE",
volume="3795",
pages="357--368",
optkeywords="NbN HEB mixers",
abstract="We have developed prototype HEB receivers using thin film superconducting NbN devices deposited on silicon substrates. The devices are quasi-optically coupled through a silicon lens and a self-complementary log-specific toothed antenna. We measured DSB receiver noise temperatures of 500 K (13 X hf/2k) at 1.56 THz and 1,100 K (20 X hf/2k) at 2.24 THz. Noise temperatures are expected to fall further as devices and quasi-optical coupling methods are being optimized. The measured 3 dB IF conversion gain bandwidth for one device was 3 GHz, and it is estimated that the bandwidth over which the receiver noise temperature is within 3 dB of its minimum value is 6.5 GHz which is sufficient for a number of practical applications. We will discuss our latest results and give a detailed description of our prototype setup and experiments. We will also discuss our plans for developing focal plane arrays with tens of Hot Electron Bolometric mixer elements on a single silicon substrate which will make real time imaging systems in the THz region feasible.",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=1561), last updated on Tue, 25 May 2021 11:37:34 -0500",
doi="10.1117/12.370183",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370183"
}