320-420GHz Low-Noise Heterodyne Receiver Modules for the Submillimeter Array of Taiwan

Author

Hwang, Yuh-Jing ; Wei, Tashun ; Chang, Su-Wei ; Wang, Ming-Jye ; Shi, Shengcai ; Chen, Ming-Tang

Author_Institution

Acad. Sinica Inst. of Astron. & Astrophys., Taipei

fYear

2008

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

208

Abstract

The development on the 320-420 GHz SIS heterodyne receiver modules for the Submillimeter Array (SMA) of Taiwan is presented in this paper. This newly developed receiver band, along with the existing 250-354 GHz SIS heterodyne receivers, provides dual-polarization observation capability over 320-354 GHz, which cover important C03-2 and HCN5-4 molecular emission lines from the celestial objects. The receiver configuration, including the optics, local oscillator and the receiver cryogenic section, will be described. The measured receiver DSB noise temperature is around 70-140K. The quasi- optical beam characteristics of the receiver module also measured at selected RF frequency to ensure good optics alignment.

Keywords

radiotelescopes; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre wave receivers; DSB noise temperature; SIS heterodyne receiver; Taiwan; dual-polarization; frequency 320 GHz to 420 GHz; low-noise heterodyne receiver; quasioptical beam characteristic; submillimeter array; Cryogenics; Frequency measurement; Local oscillators; Noise measurement; Optical beams; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Stimulated emission; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Millimeter Waves, 2008. GSMM 2008. Global Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1885-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1886-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GSMM.2008.4534599

Filename

4534599