MgB2 thin film terahertz mixers
Other conference contribution, 2006

Thin film (20 nm) MgB2 bolometric devices were made on silicon substrates. The performance of the devices as THz mixers was investigated with respect to the gain bandwidth and the noise temperature. For the given film thickness the 3 dB gain roll-off frequency is 2.5 GHz, which is much higher than for the NbN HEB mixers of the same thickness. Corrected DSB mixer noise temperature is 2000 K at 2 GHz IF. The noise bandwidth was measured in the IF range of 2-5 GHz.

terahertz

mixer

MgB2

electron-phonon interaction

superconducting film

Author

Serguei Cherednichenko

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave and Terahertz Technology

Vladimir Drakinskiy

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave and Terahertz Technology

Kenji Ueda

Michio Naito

in Proc.17th Intern. Symp. Space THz Technology, Paris, France, May. 2006

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Condensed Matter Physics

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10/8/2017