A LOW-NOISE BROADBRAND 125-175 GHZ SIS RECEIVER FOR RADIOASTRONOMY OBSERVATIONS

被引:6
作者
IBRUEGGER, J
CARTER, M
BLUNDELL, R
机构
[1] Inst de Radioastronomie, Millimetrique, St. Martin d'Heres,, Fr, Inst de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, St. Martin d'Heres, Fr
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES | 1987年 / 8卷 / 06期
关键词
MILLIMETER WAVES - RADIO ASTRONOMY - Equipment - SIGNAL RECEIVERS - Noise; Spurious Signal;
D O I
10.1007/BF01010632
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A low noise heterodyne receiver with a superconductor insulator superconductor junction as the mixing element has been built and tested in the 30 m radiotelescope at Pico Veleta in southern Spain. This receiver is tuneable over most of the atmospheric window between the absorption lines of oxygen at 118 GHz and water at 183 GHz. The receiver double sideband noise temperature varies from about 140 K for the lower frequencies to 250 K towards the high frequency end of the band.
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页码:595 / 607
页数:13
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