High-sensitivity superconducting receivers developed for mm & submm astronomy in China

Author

Sheng-cai Shi

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Radio Astron., Purple Mountain Obs., Nanjing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

1343

Lastpage

1346

Abstract

With outstanding sensitivity, superconducting mixers and detectors play an increasingly important role in mm- and submm-wave (a.k.a. THz) astronomy. Firstly, a newly developed 3×3 superconducting array receiver for the 0.1-THz band will be introduced. Secondly, a 0.5-THz receiver using high-energy-gap NbN superconducting tunnel junctions will be presented. Thirdly, the latest development of China´s THz project at Dome A, Antarctic, will be addressed.

Keywords

astronomical instruments; niobium compounds; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre wave receivers; superconducting arrays; superconducting junction devices; superconducting materials; superconducting mixers; Antarctica; China; Dome A; NbN; THz astronomy; high-energy gap superconducting tunnel junctions; high-sensitivity superconducting receivers; submillimetre astronomy; superconducting array receiver; superconducting detectors; superconducting mixers; Arrays; Mixers; Receivers; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting microwave devices; Telescopes; THz; detector; mixer; superconducting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459096