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Semiconducting superlattice as a solid-state terahertz local oscillator for NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers

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We present the results of our studies of the semiconducting superlattice (SSL) frequency multiplier and its application as part of the solid state local oscillator (LO) in the terahertz heterodyne receiver based on a NbN hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixer. We show that the SSL output power level increases as the ambient temperature is lowered to 4.2 K, the standard HEB operation temperature.

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  1. Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    I. V. Pentin, A. V. Smirnov, S. A. Ryabchun, R. V. Ozhegov & G. N. Gol’tsman

  2. Institute for Physics of Microstructures RAS, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    V. L. Vaks & S. I. Pripolzin

  3. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    D. G. Pavel’ev, Yu. I. Koshurinov & A. S. Ivanov

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Pentin, A.V. Smirnov, S.A. Ryabchun, R.V. Ozhegov, G.N. Gol’tsman, V.L. Vaks, S.I. Pripolzin, D.G. Pavel’ev, Yu.I. Koshurinov, A.S. Ivanov, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 7, pp. 75–78.

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Pentin, I.V., Smirnov, A.V., Ryabchun, S.A. et al. Semiconducting superlattice as a solid-state terahertz local oscillator for NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers. Tech. Phys. 57, 971–974 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784212070171

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