Title :
Superconducting high-Tc hot electron bolometers used as THz mixers: Predicted performance by hot spot modeling
Author :
Ladret, Romain G. ; Kreisler, Alain J. ; Degardin, Annick F.
Author_Institution :
SUPELEC/LGEP, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abstract :
High-TC hot electron bolometers (HEB) are promising THz mixers due to their expected wide bandwidth, large mixing gain and low intrinsic noise. In this paper, we have simulated the DC characteristics, conversion loss and noise of YBaCuO HEBs with a hot spot model usually dedicated to low-TC devices.
Keywords :
barium compounds; bolometers; hot carriers; submillimetre wave detectors; submillimetre wave mixers; superconducting device noise; superconducting photodetectors; yttrium compounds; DC characteristics; HEB; THz mixer; YBaCuO; conversion loss; hot spot modeling; intrinsic noise; low-Tc device; mixing gain; superconducting high-Tc hot electron bolometer; Bolometers; Mixers; Noise; Phonons; Superconducting microwave devices; Temperature; Yttrium barium copper oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665541