Title :
Investigation of MgB2 HEB mixer gain bandwidth
Author :
Bevilacqua, Stella ; Cherednichenko, Sergey ; Drakinskiy, Vladimir ; Shibata, Hiroyuki ; Hammar, Arvid ; Stake, Jan
Author_Institution :
TMW Lab., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
THz mixers based on superconducting MgB2 bolometers were fabricated by photolithography and Ar-ion beam milling on sapphire substrates. The mixer gain bandwidth of 3.4 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 1.3 GHz were measured for 10, 15 and 30 nm films respectively.
Keywords :
bolometers; ion beam effects; magnesium compounds; nanostructured materials; photolithography; superconducting mixers; superconducting thin films; terahertz wave devices; type II superconductors; Ar-ion beam milling; MgB2; MgB2 HEB mixer gain bandwidth; THz mixer; bandwidth 1.3 GHz; bandwidth 2.3 GHz; bandwidth 3.4 GHz; photolithography; sapphire substrate; superconducting MgB2 bolometer; Bandwidth; Bolometers; Extraterrestrial measurements; Films; Gain measurement; Mixers; Phonons;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104835