Title :
Solar observations with ALMA - How to minimize saturation in SIS mixers
Author :
Yagoubov, Pavel A.
Author_Institution :
Eur. Southern Obs., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
This paper reviews different mechanisms of saturation in SIS mixers and presents results of the modeling and experimental verification of the proposed solution to increase the saturation level by de-tuning the SIS mixers, to allow solar observations with ALMA.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; radiotelescopes; ALMA receivers; Atacama Large Millimeter Array; SIS mixers; solar observations; Calibration; Gain; Mixers; Noise; Photonics; Receivers; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665775
