%0 Conference Proceedings
%T NbN HEB mixer: fabrication, noise temperature reduction and characterization
%A Tretyakov, I. V.
%A Ryabchun, S. A.
%A Maslennikov, S. N.
%A Finkel, M. I.
%A Kaurova, N. S.
%A Seleznev, V. A.
%A Voronov, B. M.
%A Gol'tsman, G. N.
%S Proc. Basic problems of superconductivity
%D 2008
%C Moscow-Zvenigorod
%F Tretyakov_etal2008
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%X We demonstrate that in the terahertz region superconducting hot-electron mixers offer the lowest noise temperature, opening the possibility of using HTS's in the future to fabricate these devices. Specifically, a noise temperature of 950 K was measured for the receiver operating at 2.5 THz with a NbN HEB mixer, and a gain bandwidth of 6 GHz was measured at 300 GHz near Tc for the same mixer.
%K HEB
%K mixer
%K noise temperature
%K conversion gain bandwidth