Terahertz response of YBCO HEB homodyne detectors
Paper i proceeding, 2011

We report on the direct response of hot electron bolometers (HEB) used as homodyne detectors. These bolometers were tested at frequencies 0.1-1.6 THz and for a range of temperatures around 77 K. A logarithmic spiral antenna on a silicon lens was used, providing a broad frequency coverage (well above 1 THz). The measured responsivity ranged from 100 to 500 V/W depending on temperature and RF signal frequency, with RF signal power referenced at the input of the silicon lens. Corrections were made for losses in the cryostat window and polarization losses between the signal and antenna. The response time was about 3 ns. With the room temperature readout we estimate the noise equivalent power to be about 1 nW/Hz1/2. The bolometer bridges have nominal dimensions 1 μm x 2 μm x 50 nm and are fabricated on sapphire substrates using UV photolithography. A gas laser was used as source for 1.6 and 0.7 THz RF signals, backward wave oscillators at 0.5 THz and Gunn diodes at 0.1 THz. The obtained results show that YBCO bolometers have good prospects for various applications in the terahertz range as fast direct detectors as well as broadband mixers.

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Arvid Hammar

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik

Serguei Cherednichenko

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik

Stella Bevilacqua

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik

22nd International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2011, ISSTT 2011; Tucson, AZ; United States; 25 April 2011 through 28 April 2011

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