@Article{Kawamura_etal2000,
author="Kawamura, J.
and Blundell, R.
and Tong, C-Y E.
and Papa, D. C.
and Hunter, T. R.
and Paine, S. N.
and Patt, F.
and Gol{\textquoteright}tsman, G.
and Cherednichenko, S.
and Voronov, B.
and Gershenzon, E.",
title="Superconductive hot-electron-bolometer mixer receiver for 800-GHz operation",
journal="IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn.",
year="2000",
volume="48",
number="4",
pages="683--689",
optkeywords="NbN HEB mixers; LO power; local oscillator power; saturation; linearity; dynamic range",
abstract="In this paper, we describe a superconductive hot-electron-bolometer mixer receiver designed to operate in the partially transmissive 350-$\mu$m atmospheric window. The receiver employs an NbN thin-film microbridge as the mixer element, in which the main cooling mechanism of the hot electrons is through electron-phonon interaction. At a local-oscillator frequency of 808 GHz, the measured double-sideband receiver noise temperature is TRX=970 K, across a 1-GHz intermediate-frequency bandwidth centered at 1.8 GHz. We have measured the linearity of the receiver and the amount of local-oscillator power incident on the mixer for optimal operation, which is PLO{\&}ap;1 $\mu$W. This receiver was used in making observations as a facility instrument at the Heinrich Hertz Telescope, Mt. Graham, AZ, during the 1998-1999 winter observing season.",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=573), last updated on Mon, 24 May 2021 19:46:54 -0500",
issn="0018-9480",
doi="10.1109/22.841960",
opturl="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=841960",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1109/22.841960"
}