Terahertz detectors based on superconducting hot electron bolometers

被引:16
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作者
Jiang Yi [1 ]
Jin BiaoBing [1 ]
Xu WeiWei [1 ]
Kang Lin [1 ]
Chen Jian [1 ]
Wu PeiHeng [1 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ, Res Inst Superconductor Elect, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
terahertz heterodyne detector; hot electron bolometer; noise temperature; stability; intermediate frequency gain bandwidth; NOISE; RECEIVERS; MIXERS;
D O I
10.1007/s11432-011-4513-3
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Low noise terahertz (THz) heterodyne detectors based on superconducting niobium nitride (NbN) hot electron bolometers (HEBs) have been studied. The HEB consists of a planar antenna and an NbN bridge connecting across the antenna's inner terminals on a high-resistivity Si substrate. The double sideband noise temperatures at 4.2 K without corrections have been characterized from 0.65 to 3.1 THz. The excess quantum noise factor beta of about 4 has been obtained, which agrees well with the calculated value. Allan variance of the HEB has been measured, and Allan time up to 20 s is obtained using a microwave feedback method. Also, the intermediate frequency gain bandwidth (GBW) was measured using two different methods, resulting in same GBW value of about 3.5 GHz.
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页码:64 / 71
页数:8
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