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Fabrication of high-T/sub c/ hot-electron bolometric mixers for terahertz applications
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity. 7:3564-3567
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1997.
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Abstract
- Superconducting hot-electron bolometers (HEB) represent a promising candidate for heterodyne mixing at frequencies exceeding 1 THz. Nb HEB mixers offer performance competitive with tunnel junctions without the frequency limit imposed by the superconducting energy gap. Although the performance of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-/spl delta// HEB mixers is not projected to be superior to that of Nb devices, which operate at low temperatures, they introduce the possibility of sensitive, low power heterodyne detectors operating at temperatures approaching 90 K for applications requiring portability and closed-cycle refrigeration. We report on the fabrication and characterization, both DC and RF, of high-T/sub c/ mixers based on ultra-thin (/spl les/20 nm) YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-/spl delta// films patterned to micrometer dimensions and incorporated into 2.5 THz planar mixer circuits.
- Subjects :
- Superconductivity
Heterodyne
High-temperature superconductivity
Materials science
Fabrication
business.industry
Terahertz radiation
Bolometer
Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
law.invention
Micrometre
Planar
law
Optoelectronics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10518223
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d42b24e18c43c2738e1c0086d9ed338a