The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry

LI Gurvits, Z Paragi, RI Amils, I van Bemmel, P Boven… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultra-high angular resolution in astronomy has always been an important vehicle for making
fundamental discoveries. Recent results in direct imaging of the vicinity of the supermassive …

Cryogenic low-noise amplifiers: Noise performance and power dissipation

JC Bardin - IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) have had a profound impact on
experimental science. For instance, these amplifiers allow us to communicate with distant …

A proposed heterodyne receiver for the origins space telescope

MC Wiedner, I Mehdi, A Baryshev… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The HEterodyne Receiver for the Origins Space Telescope (HERO) is a proposed design for
a heterodyne focal plane array for a large space mission. The Origins Space Telescope …

The Design Methods and Experiments for a 220-GHz quasi-optical cryogenic Schottky subharmonic mixer of high performance

H Li, X Gao, X Bu, H Liu, J An - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present systematic design methods and experimental verifications of a 220-
GHz quasi-optical cryogenic Schottky subharmonic mixer. To maximize device performance …

Low-loss, thermally insulating, and flexible rectangular dielectric waveguide for sub-THz—Signal coupling in superconducting receivers

HT Zhu, D Liu, J Hu, S Li, SC Shi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dielectric waveguides have potential as transmission lines in sub-terahertz (sub-THz)
applications due to their low-loss. A new application of a rectangular dielectric waveguide …

A 220 GHz broadband sub-harmonic mixer based on global design method

J Cui, Y Zhang, D Xia, Y Xu, F Xiao, B Yan, R Xu - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A terahertz mixer is one of terahertz key components and widely used on terahertz wireless
communication, remote sensing, aerospace exploration, and biomedical system. The …

A Wide-Band High-Gain Compact SIS Receiver Utilizing a 300- W SiGe IF LNA

S Montazeri, PK Grimes, CYE Tong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-power low-noise amplifiers integrated with superconductor-insulator-superconductor
(SIS) mixers are required to enable implementation of large-scale focal plane arrays. In this …

The far-infrared spectroscopic surveyor (FIRSS)

D Rigopoulou, C Pearson, B Ellison, M Wiedner… - Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
We are standing at the crossroads of powerful new facilities emerging in the next decade on
the ground and in space like ELT, SKA, JWST, and Athena. Turning the narrative of the star …

A wideband cryogenic SiGe LNA MMIC with an average noise temperature of 2.8 K from 0.3–3 GHz

SW Chang, JC Bardin - 2017 IEEE MTT-S International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and characterization of a 0.3-3 GHz SiGe cryogenic low noise amplifier is
presented. The integrated-circuit amplifier was implemented in the ST BiCMOS9MW …

A 220-GHz Cryogenic Quasi-Optical Schottky Subharmonic In-Phase Quadrature Demodulation Receiver

H Li, X Gao, D Qiao, Z Chen, X Bu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 220-GHz cryogenic quasi-optical Schottky subharmonic in-phase
quadrature (IQ) demodulation receiver for terahertz (THz) applications. To achieve spatial …