• DocumentCode
    153521
  • Title

    Improved IF gain bandwidth for terahertz mixers based on superconducting hot electron bolometers

  • Author

    Zhang, Haijun ; Jiang, S.L. ; Jia, X.Q. ; Jin, B.B. ; Kang, L. ; Xu, W.W. ; Chen, Jiann-Jong ; Wu, P.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Supercond. Electron., Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    14-19 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Intermediate frequency (IF) gain bandwidth (GBW) of terahertz (THz) mixers based on superconducting niobium nitride (NbN) hot electron bolometers (HEBs) has been improved. The IF GBW has been measured by 2 different methods and same values up to 7 GHz have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    bolometers; HEB; intermediate frequency gain bandwidth; superconducting hot electron bolometers; superconducting niobium nitride; terahertz mixers; Bandwidth; Bolometers; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mixers; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting devices; Superconducting thin films;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tucson, AZ
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956517
  • Filename
    6956517