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We report on a low noise waveguide-based heterodyne mixer utilizing a superconductiang NbN hot electron bolometer (HEB) operating near 2.7 THz. The mixer is an NbN nano-bridge integrated with a gold bowtie planar antenna on an ultra-thin silicon substrate of ~ 2-3 μm thickness. To produce the waveguide embedding circuit for use at such a high frequency, we adopted a novel approach combining UV-lithography and micro-plating techniques. The mixer response agreed precisely with model predictions, and we measured a minimum uncorrected DSB receiver noise temperature of 965 K at an LO frequency of 2.74 THz.
Published in:
Terahertz Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:2
,
Issue:
3
)
Date of Publication: May 2012
- Page(s):
- 284 - 289
- ISSN :
- 2156-342X
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 12711758
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2189393
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Publication :
- 04 April 2012
- Date of Current Version :
- 09 May 2012
- Issue Date :
- May 2012
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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