A 1.5 THz Hot-Electron Bolometer mixer operated by a planar diode based local oscillator

作者: C-YE Tong , Denis Meledin , Denis Loudkov , Raymond Blundell , Neal Erickson

DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212480

关键词: Monolithic microwave integrated circuitLocal oscillatorCascadeBolometerSchottky diodeDiodeTerahertz radiationAmplifierOptoelectronicsPhysics

摘要: We have developed a 1.5 THz superconducting NbN Hot-Electron Bolometer mixer. It is operated by an all-solid-state Local Oscillator comprising of cascade 4 planar doublers following MMIC based W-band power amplifier. The threshold available pump estimated to be 1 /spl mu/W.

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