Noise Behaviour of a THz Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer

A quasi-optical superconducting NbN hot-electron bolometer （HEB） mixer is measured in the frequency range of 0.5-2.5 THz for understanding of the frequency dependence of noise temperature of THz coherent detectors. It has been found that noise temperature increasing with frequency is mainly due to the coupling loss between the quasioptical planar antenna and the superconducting HEB bridge when taking account of non-uniform distribution of high-frequency current. With the coupling loss corrected, the superconducting HEB mixer demonstrates a noise temperature nearly independent of frequency.     

超导SIS结偏置源电路的设计

针对超导SIS隧道结器件的传输特性,设计和制备了为超导SIS器件提供直流偏置的电路,该偏置源电路采用恒压源与恒流源合二为一的技术,恒压源采用了电压深度负反馈设计,恒流源采用了电流反馈法。并用MULTISIM10对电路进行仿真和参数验证。利用该偏置源对SIS结进行供电实测,取得了良好效果。实现了高稳定度、高精度、低噪声的电路设计。