• DocumentCode
    2671148
  • Title

    Investigation of MgB2 HEB mixer gain bandwidth

  • Author

    Bevilacqua, Stella ; Cherednichenko, Sergey ; Drakinskiy, Vladimir ; Shibata, Hiroyuki ; Hammar, Arvid ; Stake, Jan

  • Author_Institution
    TMW Lab., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    THz mixers based on superconducting MgB2 bolometers were fabricated by photolithography and Ar-ion beam milling on sapphire substrates. The mixer gain bandwidth of 3.4 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 1.3 GHz were measured for 10, 15 and 30 nm films respectively.
  • Keywords
    bolometers; ion beam effects; magnesium compounds; nanostructured materials; photolithography; superconducting mixers; superconducting thin films; terahertz wave devices; type II superconductors; Ar-ion beam milling; MgB2; MgB2 HEB mixer gain bandwidth; THz mixer; bandwidth 1.3 GHz; bandwidth 2.3 GHz; bandwidth 3.4 GHz; photolithography; sapphire substrate; superconducting MgB2 bolometer; Bandwidth; Bolometers; Extraterrestrial measurements; Films; Gain measurement; Mixers; Phonons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104835
  • Filename
    6104835
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2671148