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1996 Table of Contents

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 12-14, 1996

On the Grounds of The University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

1. Opening Session, Chair: Bobby Weikle

   • Welcoming Remarks

     Gordon Johnston and Carl Kukkonen

   • THz Research at the DLR Institute for Space Sensor Research - Paper not available in the Proceedings.

     H.-P. Röser

   • The Millimeter Array

     John E. Carlstrom

2. Session 1: SIS Mixers I, Chair: Pete Smith

   • Low-noise micromachined SIS mixers for millimeter-wave imaging arrays

     Gert de Lange, Brian R. Jacobson, Arifur Rahman, Erik Duerr and Qing Hu

   • Quasi-optical Submillimeter-wave SIS mixers with NbN/AlN/NbN tunnel junctions

     Yoshinori Uzawa, Zhen Wang, and Akira Kawakami

   • Sub-Millimeter Distributed Quasiparticle Receiver Employing A Non-Linear Transmission Line

     Cheuk-yu Edward Tong, Raymond Blundell, Bruce Bumble, Jeffrey A. Stern, and Henry G. LeDuc

   • Fixed tuned waveguide mixers around 450 GHz, 670 GHz and 810 GHz for a dual channel receiver

     C.E. Honingh, S. Haas, D. Hottgenroth, K. Jacobs, J. Stutzki

   • A 665 GHz Waveguide Receiver Using a Tuned 0.5 µm² Nb/AlO_x/Nb SIS Tunnel Junction

     J.W. Kooi, M.S. Chan, H.G. LeDuc, and T.G. Phillips

   • An 850 GHz Waveguide Receiver Using a Tuned Nb SIS Tunnel Junction Fabricated on a 1 µm Si₃N₄ Membrane

     J.W. Kooi, M.S. Chan, P. Schaffer, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc, C.K. Walker, and T.G. Phillips

3. Session 2: Multipliers and Sources, Chair: Rich Bradley

   • Thermal Considerations in the Design of D-Band InP Gunn Devices

     Ridha Kamoua

   • High Frequency Limitations of Diode Frequency Multipliers

     Jack East

   • Tripling to 250 GHz with Planar Multiple Barrier Heterostructure Barrier Varactors

     J.R. Jones, S.H. Jones, W.L. Bishop, R. Lipsey

   • Novel Planar Varactor Diodes

     Philip J. Koh, William C.B. Peatman, Thomas W. Crowe, and Neal R. Erickson

   • Design and Analysis of Broad-Band Fixed-Tuned Submillimeter-Waveguide Multipliers Using MMIC Style Circuit Topology

     Jean Bruston, Moonil Kim, Suzanne C. Martin, Imran Mehdi, R. Peter Smith, and Peter H. Siegel

   • An Integrated 435 GHz Quasi-Optical Frequency Tripler

     M. Shaalan, D. Steup, A. Grüb, A. Simon, C.I. Lin, A. Vogt, V. Krozer, H. Brand, and H.L. Hartnagel

   • Miniaturization of p-GE Lasers Progress Toward a Tunable, Continuous Wave THz Laser

     E. Bründermann, A.M. Linhart, H.P. Röser, O.D. Dubon, W.L. Hansen, and E.E. Haller

4. Session 3: THz Materials, Components & Circuits I, Chair: Jack East

   • SIS Mixer Analysis with Non-Zero Intermediate Frequencies

     S.-K. Pan and A.R. Kerr

   • Design of Planar Image Separating and Balanced SIS Mixers

     A.R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

   • Performance of Micromechanical Tuning Elements in a 620 GHz Monolithic Integrated Circuit

     Victor M. Lubecke, William R. McGrath, Philip A. Stimson, and David B. Rutledge

   • Tuning Circuit for NbN SIS Mixer

     V.Yu. Belitsky, E.L. Kollberg

5. Special Session: Dielectric Lens Antennas, Chair: Bob Mattauch

   • The Dielectric-Filled Parabola: Concept and Applications Review

     Peter H. Siegel, Robert Dengler, Moonil Kim and Philip Stimson

   • Internal Reflections of and Matching Layers for Integrated Lens Antennas

     P.J.I. de Maagt, MJ.M. van der Vorst, and M.H.A.J. Herben

   • Off-Axis Performance of Dielectric Lens Antennas

     Daniel F. Filipovic and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

   • Antireflection-Coated Silicon Lenses for Low-Noise 400 - 1040 GHz Quasioptical SIS Mixers

     Mei Bin, Michael Gaidis, H.G. LeDuc, David Miller, and Jonas Zmuidzinas

6. Session 4: HEB Mixers I, Chair: Mark Lee

   • The Bandwidth of HEB Mixers Employing Ultrathin NbN Films on Sapphire Substrate

     P. Yagoubov, G. Gol'tsman, B. Voronov, L. Seidman, V. Siomash, S. Cherednichenko, and E. Gershenzon

   • Quasioptical Phonon-Cooled NbN Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer at THz Frequencies

     P. Yagoubov, G. Gol'tsman, B. Voronov, S. Svechnikov, S. Cherednichenko, E. Gershenzon, V. Belitsky, H. Ekström, E. Kollberg, A. Semenov, YU. Gousev, and K. Renk

   • Spectrum of output noise in diffusion and phonon cooled hot e1ectron superconducting mixers

     R.J. Schoelkopf, P.J. Burke, D.E. Prober, A. Skalare, W.R. McGrath, B. Bumble, and H.G. LeDuc

   • Superconductive NbN Hot-Electron Bolometric Mixer Performance at 250 GHz

     J. Kawamura, R. Blundell, C.-Y.E. Tong, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon, and B. Voronov

   • 9.6 µm wavelength mixing in a patterned YBa₂Cu₃0_7-δ thin film

     V.A. Trifonov, B.S. Karasik, M.A. Zorin, G.N. Gol'tsman, E.M. Gershenzon, M. Lindgren, M. Danerud, and D. Winkler

7. Session 5: THz Materials, Components & Circuits II, Chair: Stephen Jones

   • Spectroscopic Measurements of Optical Elements for Submillimeter Receivers

     J. Kawamura, S. Paine, and D.C. Papa

   • Progress on Characterization with Integrated Test Structures of Dielectric and Superconducting Films for SIS Mixer Circuits

     D. M. Lea and A.W. Lichtenberger

   • Full-Wave Numerical Modeling of Near-Field Beam Profiles at 200 and 700 GHz

     M.T. Chen, C.E. Tong, L. Chen, S. Paine, and R. Blundell

   • Theoretical Analysis of Superconducting Submillimetre-Wave Microstrip Transmission Lines

     S. Withington and G. Yassin

   • A horn-reflector antenna for high-performance submillimetre-wave applications

     S. Withington, G. Yassin, M. Buffey, and C. Norden

8. Session 6: THz Materials, Components & Circuits III, Chair: Chris Mann

   • THz Signal Generators Based on Lift-Off LT-GaAs on Transparent Substrates

     H.-M. Heiliger, M. Voßebürger, H.G. Roskos, R. Hey, K. Ploog, and H. Kurz

   • A Broad Band 230 GHz Antipodal Finline Mixer for Array Receivers

     G. Yassin, S. Withington, R. Padman, M.S. Goodchild, and M.G. Blamire

   • Development of a Superconducting Integrated Receiver for Application in Imaging Arrays

     S.V. Shitov, V.P. Koshelets, A.M. Baryshev, L.V. Filippenko, Th. de Graauw, J.-R. Gao, W. Luinge, H. van de Stadt, N.D. Whyborn, P. Lehikoinen

   • A Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Bolometer Array Camera for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory

     N. Wang, T.R. Hunter, D.J. Benford, E. Serabyn, D.C. Lis, T.G. Phillips, S.H. Moseley, K. Boyce, A Szymkowiak, C. Allen, B. Mott, J. Gygax

9. Session 7: Schottky Mixers I, Chair: Victor Lubecke

   • A Quasi-Optical Subharmonically Pumped Double Slot Mixer

     James P. DeLap, Thomas M. Cunningham, Thomas W. Crowe, and Robert M. Weikle, II

   • 200 GHz Waveguide Based Subharmonically-Pumped Mixers with Planar Schottky Diodes

     I. Mehdi, T. Lee, R. Dengler, A. Pease, J. Oswald, D. Humphrey, S. Martin, R. Peter Smith, and P.H. Siegel

   • Submillimeter Wavelength Waveguide Mixers Using Planar Schottky Barrier Diodes

     Jeffrey L. Hesler, William R. Hall, Thomas W. Crowe, Robert M. Weikle II, Bascom S. Deaver, Jr., Richard F. Bradley, and Shing-Kuo Pan

   • A Mixer up to 300 GHz with Whiskerless Schottky Diodes for Spaceborne Radiometers

     Israel Galin

   • A Design Approach for Planar Waveguide Launching Structures

     J. Thorton, C.M. Mann

10. Session 8: Schottky Mixers II, Chair: Israel Galin

    • Quasi-Planar Schottky Diode Design

      Roland Nitsche, Ruth Titz, Erwin M. Biebl

    • First Results for a 2.5 THz Schottky Diode Waveguide Mixer

      B.N. Ellison, B.J. Maddison, C.M. Mann, D.N. Matheson, M.L. Oldfield, S. Marazita, T.W. Crowe, P. Maaskant, W.M. Kelly

    • A Practical Schottky Mixer for 5 THz (Part II)

      A.L. Betz and R.T. Boreiko

    • A Novel Structure and Fabrication Process for Sub-Quarter-Micron THz Diodes

      William L. Bishop, Steven M. Marazita, Perry A.D. Wood, and Thomas W. Crowe

11. Session 9: SIS Mixers II: THz, Chair: Tony Kerr

    • Wide-Band Quasi-Optical SIS Mixers for Integrated Receivers up to 1200 GHz

      S.V. Shitov, A.M. Baryshev, V.P. Koshelets, J.-R. Gao, J. Jegers, W. Luinge, H. van de Stadt, Th. de Graauw

    • An Improved 1 THz Waveguide Mixer.

      H. van de Stadt, A. Baryshev, J.-R. Gao, H. Golstein, Th. de Graauw, W. Hulshoff, S. Kovtonyuk, H. Schaeffer, N. Whyborn

    • Fabrication of Nb-SIS mixers with UHV evaporated Al striplines

      J.R. Gao, S. Kovtonyuk, J.B.M. Jegers, P. Dieleman, T.M. Klapwijk, and H. van de Stadt

    • Design and Characterization of a Quasi-Optical SIS Receiver for the 1 THz Band

      M. Bin, M.C. Gaidis, D. Miller, J. Zmuidzinas, T.G. Phillips, and H.G. LeDuc

12. Session 10: HEB Mixers II: THz, Chair: Tom Crowe

    • Niobium Superconducting Diffusion-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers Above 1 THz

      A. Skalare, W.R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc, P.J. Burke, R.J. Schoelkopf, D.E. Prober

    • Modeling and Optimization of a High-T_c Hot-Electron Superconducting Mixer for Terahertz Applications

      B.S. Karasik, W.R. McGrath, M.C. Gaidis, M.J. Burns, A.W. Kleinsasser, K.A. Delin, R.P. Vasquez

    • Optimization of Hot Electron Bolometer Mixing Efficiency in NbN at 119 Micrometer Wavelength

      E. Gerecht, C.F. Musante, Z. Wang, K.S. Yngvesson, E.R. MueJIer, J. Waldman, G.N. Gol'tsman, B.M. Voronov, S.I. Cherednichenko, S.I. Svechnikov, P.A. Yagoubov, and E.M. Gershenzon

    • Rigorous Analysis of a Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer: Theory and Comparison with Experiment

      R.S. Nebosis, A.D. Semenov, Yu.P. Gousev, and K.F. Renk

    • Submillimeter Waveguide SIS Mixer with Full NbN Circuit

      A. Karpov, B. Plathner, J. Blondel, M. Schicke, K.H. Gundlach

13. Authors and Registered Participants

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