Title : 
Solar observations with ALMA - How to minimize saturation in SIS mixers
         
        
            Author : 
Yagoubov, Pavel A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Eur. Southern Obs., Garching, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper reviews different mechanisms of saturation in SIS mixers and presents results of the modeling and experimental verification of the proposed solution to increase the saturation level by de-tuning the SIS mixers, to allow solar observations with ALMA.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna arrays; radiotelescopes; ALMA receivers; Atacama Large Millimeter Array; SIS mixers; solar observations; Calibration; Gain; Mixers; Noise; Photonics; Receivers; Sun;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Mainz
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665775