The influence of LO power heating of the tunnel junction on the performance of THz SIS mixers

We describe the performance of a superconductor- insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixer operating in the frequency range of 780-950 GHz. Unlike most SIS mixers, the tunnel junction employs two different superconductors, a niobium nitride top and a niobium bottom electrode sandwiching an aluminum nitri...

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Main Authors: Traini, A, Tan, B-K, Garrett, JD, Khudchenko, A, Hesper, R, Baryshev, AM, Dmitriev, PN, Koshelets, VP, Yassin, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020