• DocumentCode
    644805
  • Title

    Solar observations with ALMA - How to minimize saturation in SIS mixers

  • Author

    Yagoubov, Pavel A.

  • Author_Institution
    Eur. Southern Obs., Garching, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mainz
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665775
  • Filename
    6665775