Quasioptical superconducting hot electron bolometer for submillimeter waves

被引:11
作者
Gousev, YP [1 ]
Goltsman, GN [1 ]
Karasik, BS [1 ]
Gershenzon, EM [1 ]
Semenov, AD [1 ]
Barowski, HS [1 ]
Nebosis, RS [1 ]
Renk, KE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV REGENSBURG,INST ANGEW PHYS,D-93040 REGENSBURG,GERMANY
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES | 1996年 / 17卷 / 02期
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10.1007/BF02088154
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report on a superconducting hot electron bolometer coupled to radiation via a broadband antenna. The bolometer, a structured NbN film, was patterned on a thin dielectric membrane between terminals of a gold slotline antenna. We investigated the response to submillimeter radiation (wave-lengths similar to 0.1 mm to 0.7 mm) in the fundamental Gaussian mode. We found that the directivity of the antenna was constant within a factor of 2.5 through the whole experimental range. The noise equivalent power of the bolometer at 119 mu m was similar to 3 . 10(-13) W/HZ(1/2); a time constant of similar to 160 ps was estimated.
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页码:317 / 331
页数:15
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