Terahertz Band-Pass Filters for Wideband Superconducting On-chip Filter-bank Spectrometers

Journal Article (2021)
Author(s)

Alejandro Laguna (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

Kenichi Karatsu (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

D. J. Thoen (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

Vignesh Murugesan (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

B.T. Buijtendorp (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

A. Endo (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

J. J.A. Baselmans (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
Copyright
© 2021 A. Pascual Laguna, K. Karatsu, David Thoen, Vignesh Murugesan, B.T. Buijtendorp, A. Endo, J.J.A. Baselmans
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3095429
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 A. Pascual Laguna, K. Karatsu, David Thoen, Vignesh Murugesan, B.T. Buijtendorp, A. Endo, J.J.A. Baselmans
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Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
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Issue number
6
Volume number
11
Pages (from-to)
635-646
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Abstract

A superconducting microstrip half-wavelength resonator is proposed as a suitable band-pass filter for broadband moderate spectral resolution spectroscopy for terahertz (THz) astronomy. The proposed filter geometry has a free spectral range of an octave of bandwidth without introducing spurious resonances, reaches a high coupling efficiency in the pass-band and shows very high rejection in the stop-band to minimize reflections and cross-talk with other filters. A spectrally sparse prototype filter-bank in the band 300400 GHz has been developed employing these filters as well as an equivalent circuit model to anticipate systematic errors. The fabricated chip has been characterized in terms of frequency response, reporting an average peak coupling efficiency of 27% with an average spectral resolution of 940.

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