A 0.65 THz focal-plane array in a quarter-micron CMOS process technology

E Ojefors, UR Pfeiffer, A Lisauskas… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A focal-plane array (FPA) for room-temperature detection of 0.65-THz radiation has been
fully integrated in a low-cost 0.25 mum CMOS process technology. The circuit architecture is …

4.7-THz superconducting hot electron bolometer waveguide mixer

D Büchel, P Pütz, K Jacobs, M Schultz… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the first superconducting hot electron bolometer (HEB) waveguide mixer
operating at 4.7 THz. The 5.5-nm-thick, 300-nm-long, and 3600-nm-wide NbN HEB …

Precision measurement method for cryogenic amplifier noise temperatures below 5 K

J Randa, E Gerecht, D Gu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report precision measurements of the effective input noise temperature of a cryogenic
(liquid-helium temperature) monolithic-microwave integrated-circuit amplifier at the amplifier …

Terahertz imaging with CMOS/BiCMOS process technologies

UR Pfeiffer, E Öjefors - 2010 Proceedings of ESSCIRC, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contrary to the common belief, silicon devices may very well operate beyond their cut-off
frequency. The push towards terahertz frequencies, though, presents both challenges and …

Time-of-flight microwave camera

G Charvat, A Temme, M Feigin, R Raskar - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Microwaves can penetrate many obstructions that are opaque at visible wavelengths,
however microwave imaging is challenging due to resolution limits associated with relatively …

Integrated 585-GHz hot-electron mixer focal-plane arrays based on annular slot antennas for imaging applications

L Liu, H Xu, AW Lichtenberger… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed 585-GHz quasi-optical mixers and focal-plane arrays (FPAs) comprised
of planar annular slot antennas (ASAs) with integrated niobium hot-electron bolometers for …

4× 2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO

JRG Silva, B Mirzaei, W Laauwen… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
GUSTO will be a NASA balloon borne terahertz observatory to be launched from Antarctica
in late 2021 for a flight duration of 100-170 days. It aims at reviewing the life cycle of …

Development of integrated HEB/MMIC receivers for near-range terahertz imaging

F Rodriguez-Morales, KS Yngvesson… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present measurement results for a new type of integrated terahertz receiver, as an
extension to previous work by the authors. The receiver we developed integrates quasi …

A passive heterodyne hot electron bolometer imager operating at 850 GHz

E Gerecht, D Gu, L You… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the development and characterization of a passive heterodyne hot electron
bolometer (HEB) imager operating at 850 GHz. HEB detectors provide unprecedented …

345 GHz prototype SIS mixer with integrated MMIC LNA

P Puetz, A Hedden, P Gensheimer, D Golish… - International journal of …, 2006 - Springer
We report on heterodyne measurements at submillimeter wavelengths using a receiver with
a Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (SIS) mixer device and a Microwave Monolithic …