Investigation of the performance of an SIS mixer with Nb-AlN-NBN tunnel junctions in the 780-950 GHz frequency band

Mahashabde, Sumedh, 1985 (author): University Of Oxford,Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology

Khudchenko, Andrey (author): Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,University of Groningen

Baryshev, A. M. (author): Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,University of Groningen

Dmitriev, Pavel (author)

Rudakov, Kirill (author): National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET),Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,University of Groningen

Koshelets, V. P. (author)

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2018
2018
English.
In: 2018 29th IEEE International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2018. ; , s. 139-142

Abstract Subject headings

In this paper, we present preliminary measured performance of an SIS mixer employing a Nb/AIN/NbN tunnel junction in the frequency range of 780-950 GHz range. The mixer design is an upgrade of the Carbon Heterodyne Array of the Max-Planck-Institute Plus (CHAMP+) mixer, coupled with an easy to fabricate smooth-walled horn. The noise temperature of the mixer is measured using the standard Y-factor method, but all the RF optics is enclosed in the cryostat. We use a rotating mirror in the cryostat to switch between a room temperature load and a 4 K blackbody load. With this method, we have measured a noise temperature of 330 K around 850 GHz, corrected for a mismatch between a reduced height rectangular waveguide at the input of the mixer block and a full height waveguide at the output of the horn. To remove this mismatch we now plan to redesign a new mixer chip with a full-height waveguide back-piece. The expected performance of the new mixer chip is also reported.

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