@Article{Gousev_etal1996, author="Gousev, Yu P. and Semenov, A. D. and Pechen, E. V. and Varlashkin, A. V. and Nebosis, R. S. and Renk K. F", title="Coupling of terahertz radiation to a high-Т(с) superconducting hot electron bolometer mixer", journal="Appl. Phys. Lett.,", year="1996", volume="69", pages="691--693", abstract="We report on efficient coupling of THz radiation to a high-T(c) superconducting hot electron bolometer that is suitable for heterodyne detection. Our quasioptical system consisted of a planar self-complementary spiral antenna on a dielectric substrate clamped to an extended hyperhemispherical lens. The antenna was integrated into a co-planar line for broadband intermediate frequency matching. Measurements in the homodyne regime at a frequency of 2.5 THz showed a radiation pattern with a beam width of 1{\textdegree} and a coupling efficiency of 0.1. We measured, at an intermediate frequency of 1.5 GHz, an output noise temperature of{\textquoteright}160 K and estimated for the device, operated in the heterodyne regime, a system noise temperature of 30 000 K. We also discuss possibilities of significant improvement of the sensitivity.", optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=958), last updated on Fri, 03 Jul 2015 18:04:06 -0500" }