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Gao, J.R. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Mirzaei, B. (author), Silva, J. R.G. (author), Cherednichenko, S. (author)Heterodyne receivers combining a NbN HEB mixer with a local oscillator (LO) are the work horse for high resolution (≥106) spectroscopic observations at supra-terahertz frequencies. We report an MgB2 HEB mixer working at 5.3 THz with<br/>20 K operation temperature based on a previously published paper [Y. Gan et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., 119, 202601...conference paper 2022
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Hijmering, R. A. (author), den Hartog, R (author), Ridder, M. (author), Van Der Linden, A. J. (author), Van Der Kuur, J. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Jackson, B. (author)In this paper we present the results of our 176-pixel prototype of the FDM readout system for SAFARI, a TES-based focal-plane instrument for the far-IR SPICA mission. We have implemented the knowledge obtained from the detailed study on electrical crosstalk reported previously. The effect of carrier leakage is reduced by a factor two, mutual...conference paper 2016
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Khosropanah, P (author), Suzuki, T. (author), Ridder, M. L. (author), Hijmering, R. A. (author), Akamatsu, H. (author), Gottardi, L (author), Van Der Kuur, J. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Jackson, B. D. (author)SRON is developing ultra-low noise Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) based on a superconducting Ti/Au bilayer on a suspended SiN island with SiN legs for the SAFARI instrument aboard the SPICA mission. We successfully fabricated TESs with very narrow (0.5-0.7 μm) and thin (0.25 μm) SiN legs on different sizes of SiN islands using deep...conference paper 2016
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Ren, Y. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Hovenier, J.N.Higgins, R. (author), Zhang, W. (author), Bell, A. (author), Klein, B. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)High-resolution heterodyne spectrometers operating at above 2 THz are crucial for detecting, e.g., the HD line at 2.7 THz and oxygen OI line at 4.7 THz in astronomy. The potential receiver technology is a combination of a hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer and a THz quantum cascade laser (QCL) local oscillator (LO).Here we report the first...conference paper 2010
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Walker, C. (author), Kulesa, C. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)In the wavelength regime between 60 and 300 microns there are a number of atomic and molecular emission lines that are key diagnostic probes of the interstellar medium. These include transitions of [CII], [NII], [OI], HD, H2D+, OH, CO, and H2O, some of which are among the brightest global and local far-infrared lines in the Galaxy. In Giant...journal article 2010
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Zhang, W. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Khosropanah, P. (author), Bansal, T. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Miao, W. (author), Shi, S.C. (author)We report the sensitivity of a superconducting NbN hot electron bolometer mixer integrated with a tight spiral antenna at 5.3 THz. Using a measurement setup with black body calibration sources and a beam splitter in vacuo, and an antireflection coated Si lens, we obtained a double sideband receiver noise temperature of 1150 K, which is 4.5 times...conference paper 2010
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- Khosropanah, P. (author), Dirks, B. (author), Parra-Borderias, M. (author), Ridder, M. (author), Hijmering, R. (author), Van der Kuur, J. (author), Gottardi, L. (author), Bruijn, M. (author), Popescu, M. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Hoevers, H. (author) conference paper 2010
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Khosropanah, P. (author), Laauwen, W.M. (author), Hajenius, M. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)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 splitter all in vacuum, we measured a double sideband receiver noise temperature of 1300 K at the optimum local oscillator (LO) power of 330 nW, which is about 12 times the...conference paper 2008
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Mauskopf, P. (author), Morozov, D. (author), Glowacka, D. (author), Goldie, D. (author), Withington, S. (author), Bruijn, M. (author), De Korte, P. (author), Hoevers, H. (author), Ridder, M. (author), Van der Kuur, J. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)We describe the optimization of transition edge superconducting (TES) detectors for use in a far-infrared (FIR) Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) mounted on a cryogenically cooled space-borne telescope (e.g. SPICA). The required noise equivalent power (NEP) of the detectors is approximately 10?19 W/ ?Hz in order to be lower than the photon...conference paper 2008
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Khosropanah, P. (author), Laauwen, W.M. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Hajenius, M. (author), Hovenier, J.N. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)We have characterized a heterodyne receiver based on an NbN hot electron bolometer integrated with spiral antenna as mixer and an optically pumped FIR ring laser at 4.3 THz as local oscillator (LO). We succeeded in measuring the receiver output power, responding to the hot/cold load, as a function of bias voltage at optimum LO power. From the...conference paper 2007
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Baselmans, J. (author), Hajenius, M. (author), Gao, J. (author), De Korte, P. (author), Klapwijk, T. (author), Voronov, B. (author), Gol'tsman, G. (author)NbN hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers are at this moment the best heterodyne detectors for frequencies above 1 THz. However, the fabrication procedure of these devices is such that the quality of the interface between the NbN superconducting film and the contact structure is not under good control. This results in a contact resistance between...conference paper 2004
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Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Barends, R. (author), Gao, J.R. (author), Hajenius, M. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author)Improved and reproducible heterodyne mixing (noise temperatures of 950 K at 2.5 THz) has been realized with NbN based hot-electron superconducting devices with low contact resistances. A distributed temperature numerical model of the NbN bridge, based on a local electron and a phonon temperature, has been used to understand the physical...conference paper 2004