Superconducting hot-electron bolometer: from the discovery of hot-electron phenomena to practical applications

A Shurakov, Y Lobanov… - … Science and Technology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of hot-electron phenomena in a thin superconducting film in the last century
was followed by numerous experimental studies of its appearance in different materials …

THz technology: An overview

PH Siegel - International Journal of High Speed Electronics and …, 2003 - World Scientific
THz Technology: An Overview Page 1 Vol. 13, No. 2 (2003) 351-394 %fe World Scientific ' v ' « •
www.worldscientific.com International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems US* lii …

Terahertz technology

PH Siegel - IEEE Transactions on microwave theory and …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz technology Page 1 910 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND
TECHNIQUES, VOL. 50, NO. 3, MARCH 2002 Terahertz Technology Peter H. Siegel, Fellow …

Superconducting detectors and mixers for millimeter and submillimeter astrophysics

J Zmuidzinas, PL Richards - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Superconducting detectors will play an increasingly significant role in astrophysics,
especially at millimeter through far-IR wavelengths, where the scientific opportunities …

Dependence of magnetic penetration depth on the thickness of superconducting Nb thin films

AI Gubin, KS Il'in, SA Vitusevich, M Siegel… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
In this paper we present the results of a systematic study on the magnetic field penetration
depth of superconducting niobium thin films. The films of thicknesses ranging from 8 to 300 …

Ultrasensitive hot-electron nanobolometers for terahertz astrophysics

J Wei, D Olaya, BS Karasik, SV Pereverzev… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
The submillimetre or terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum contains
approximately half of the total luminosity of the Universe and 98% of all the photons emitted …

Dimensional crossover and incipient quantum size effects in superconducting niobium nanofilms

N Pinto, SJ Rezvani, A Perali, L Flammia… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Superconducting and normal state properties of Niobium nanofilms have been
systematically investigated as a function of film thickness, on different substrates. The width …

Widely tunable continuous-wave THz laser

YP Gousev, IV Altukhov, KA Korolev, VP Sinis… - Applied physics …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
We present experimental results on continuous-wave generation of THz radiation by
strained Ge and a theoretical model for population inversion of carriers giving rise to the …

Design and performance of the lattice-cooled hot-electron terahertz mixer

AD Semenov, HW Hübers, J Schubert… - Journal of Applied …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
We present the measurements and the theoretical model of the frequency-dependent noise
temperature of a superconductor lattice-cooled hot-electron bolometer mixer in the terahertz …

Low noise NbN hot electron bolometer mixer at 4.3 THz

P Khosropanah, JR Gao, WM Laauwen… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We have studied the sensitivity of a superconducting NbN hot electron bolometer mixer
integrated with a spiral antenna at 4.3 THz⁠. Using hot/cold blackbody loads and a beam …