Semiconducting superlattice as a solid-state terahertz local oscillator for NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers

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Pentin, I. V. [1 ]
Smirnov, A. V. [1 ]
Ryabchun, S. A. [1 ]
Ozhegov, R. V. [1 ]
Gol'tsman, G. N. [1 ]
Vaks, V. L. [2 ]
Pripolzin, S. I. [2 ]
Pavel'ev, D. G. [3 ]
Koshurinov, Yu. I. [3 ]
Ivanov, A. S. [3 ]
机构
[1] Moscow State Pedag Univ, Moscow 119992, Russia
[2] RAS, Inst Phys Microstruct, Nizhnii Novgorod 603950, Russia
[3] Lobachevsky State Univ Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnii Novgorod 603950, Russia
关键词
GaAs; Local Oscillator; Terahertz Radiation; Cold Plate; Terahertz Frequency;
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10.1134/S1063784212070171
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We present the results of our studies of the semiconducting superlattice (SSL) frequency multiplier and its application as part of the solid state local oscillator (LO) in the terahertz heterodyne receiver based on a NbN hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixer. We show that the SSL output power level increases as the ambient temperature is lowered to 4.2 K, the standard HEB operation temperature.
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页码:971 / 974
页数:4
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