Broadband MgB2 Hot-Electron Bolometer THz Mixers operating up to 20K
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

We discuss performance of submicron size hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixers made from thin MgB2 superconducting films. With a superconducting transition temperature of 30K, such THz mixers can operate with high sensitivity at temperatures up to 20K. Due to very small dimensions local oscillator (LO) power requirements are rather low. In the intermediate frequency (IF) band of 1-3GHz the double sideband receiver noise temperature is 1600K at 10K operation temperature, 2000K at 15K, 2500-3000K at 20K. The gain bandwidth of such devices is 6GHz and the noise bandwidth is estimated to be 6-8GHz

magnesium diboride

hot-electron bolometer

superconductivity

thin film

HPCVD

Författare

Evgenii Novoselov

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik

Serguei Cherednichenko

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

1051-8223 (ISSN) 15582515 (eISSN)

Vol. 27 4 7820054

Infrastruktur

Kollberglaboratoriet

Nanotekniklaboratoriet

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Ämneskategorier

Nanoteknik

Annan elektroteknik och elektronik

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DOI

10.1109/TASC.2017.2654861

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2017-10-07