Millimeter-wave and terahertz integrated circuit antennas

GM Rebeiz - Proceedings of the IEEE, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A comprehensive review of integrated circuit antennas suitable for millimeter and terahertz
applications is presented. A great deal of research was done on integrated circuit antennas …

Nanometer thin-film Ni–NiO–Ni diodes for detection and mixing of 30 THz radiation

C Fumeaux, W Herrmann, FK Kneubühl… - Infrared physics & …, 1998 - Elsevier
We report on the realization and the experimental study of thin-film Ni–NiO–Ni diodes with
integrated infrared antennas. These diodes are applied as detectors and mixers of 28-THz …

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 …

Quasi-optical slot antenna SIS mixers

J Zmuidzinas, HG LeDuc - IEEE transactions on Microwave …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A quasi-optical SIS mixer designed for efficient radiation coupling is described. The mixer
uses a twin-slot antenna which has the advantages of a good beam pattern and a low …

Terahertz performance of integrated lens antennas with a hot-electron bolometer

AD Semenov, H Richter, HW Hubers… - IEEE transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiation coupling efficiency and directive properties of integrated lens antennas with log-
spiral, log-periodic, and double-slot planar feeds coupled to a hot-electron bolometer were …

Two-junction tuning circuits for submillimeter SIS mixers

J Zmuidzinas, HG LeDuc, JA Stern… - IEEE transactions on …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The capacitance of superconducting tunnel junctions can seriously degrade the
performance of quasiparticle (SIS) mixers operating in the submillimeter band, so it is …

Submillimeter receivers for radio astronomy

R Blundell - Proceedings of the IEEE, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The state of development of receivers for submillimeter-wave radio astronomy is reviewed.
Bolometers for continuum observation, hot-electron mixer receivers for narrowband spectral …

An improved solution for integrated array optics in quasi-optical mm and submm receivers: the hybrid antenna

TH Buttgenbach - IEEE transactions on microwave theory and …, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A dielectric lens antenna that is a special case of an extended hemispherical dielectric lens
and is operated in the diffraction-limited regime is considered. The dielectric lens antenna is …

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 …

Measurement of the resonant lengths of infrared dipole antennas

C Fumeaux, MA Gritz, I Codreanu, WL Schaich… - Infrared Physics & …, 2000 - Elsevier
The resonant lengths of infrared dipole antennas at 10.6 and 3.39 μm are experimentally
investigated. For this purpose, submicron-sized microbolometers coupled to dipole …