First light from the Superconducting Integrated Receiver on board Terahertz Limb Sounder TELIS

Author

Yagoubov, P. ; de Lange, G. ; Hoogeveen, R. ; de Lange, A. ; Koshelets, V.

Author_Institution

Netherlands Inst. for Space Res., SRON, Utrecht

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present the flight configuration and performance of the superconducting integrated receiver (SIR) channel on the TELIS instrument (terahertz and submm limb sounder). The SIR is an on-chip combination of a low-noise SIS mixer with a quasioptical antenna, a superconducting Flux Flow Oscillator (FFO) acting as Local Oscillator (LO) and an SIS harmonic mixer (HM) for FFO phase locking. The SIR has been assembled, fully integrated into the system and thoroughly tested in preparation for the flight campaign in May 2008 (Teresina, Brazil).

Keywords

submillimetre wave mixers; submillimetre wave oscillators; submillimetre wave receivers; superconducting microwave devices; terahertz wave detectors; FFO phase locking; SIS harmonic mixer; TELIS; Terahertz end Submm Limb Sounder; flight configuration; local oscillator; low-noise SIS mixer; quasioptical antenna; superconducting flux flow oscillator; superconducting integrated receiver channel; terahertz limb sounder; Acoustic noise; Aerospace electronics; Frequency; Instruments; Local oscillators; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Spectroscopy; Superconducting devices; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2119-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2120-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665849

Filename

4665849