PT Unknown
AU Tretyakov, IV
   Ryabchun, SA
   Maslennikov, SN
   Finkel, MI
   Kaurova, NS
   Seleznev, VA
   Voronov, BM
   Gol'tsman, GN
TI NbN HEB mixer: fabrication, noise temperature reduction and characterization
SE Proc. Basic problems of superconductivity
PY 2008
DE HEB; mixer; noise temperature; conversion gain bandwidth
AB 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.
PI Moscow-Zvenigorod
ER