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1998 Table of Contents

NINTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

17 - 19 March, 1998

Pasadena Hilton

Pasadena, California, USA

1. Opening Session

• Welcome and Introduction

  Carl Kukkonen

• SOFIA--A Versatile Facility for Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy in the New Millennium

  Mark Morris

2. Session 1: HEB Mixers 1, Chair: K. Jacobs

• Noise performance of diffusion cooled hot electron bolometers: theory vs. experiment

  P. J. Burke, R. J. Schoelkopf, I. Siddiqi, D. E. Prober, A. Skalare, B. S. Karasik, M. C. Gaidis, W. R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H. G. LeDuc

• First Light with an 800 GHz Phonon-Cooled HEB Mixer Receiver

  Jonathan Kawamura, Raymond Blundell, c.- Y. Edward Tong, D. Cosmo Papa, Todd R. Hunter, Gregory Gol'tsman, Sergei Cherendichenko, Boris Voronov, Eugene Gershenzon

• Quasioptical phonon-Cooled NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers at 0.5-1.1 THz

  S. Svechnikov, A. Verevkin, B. Voronov, E. Menschikov, E. Gershenzon, G. Gol'tsman

• Low Noise NbN Phonon-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers at 810 GHz

  C. Rösch, T. Lehnert, C. Schwoerer, M. Schicke, K. H. Gundlach, K. F. Schuster, F. Schaefer

3. Session 2: HEB Mixers II, Chair: A. Kleinsasser

• Resistive Behaviour of Nb Diffusion-Cooled Hot Electron Bolometers

  D. Wilms Floet, J. J. A. Baselmans, J. R. Gao, T. M. Klapwijk

• Optimal Choice of Material for HEB Superconducting Mixers

  Boris S. Karasik, William R. McGrath

• A Large Signal Model for Phonon-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometric Mixers for THz Frequency Applications

  Harald F. Merkel, Erik L. Kollberg, K. Sigfrid Yngvesson

• Capacitively Coupled Hot-Electron Microbolometer as a Perspective IR and Sub-MM Wave Sensor

  Leonid S. Kuzmin

4. Session 3: HEB Mixers III, Chair: B. Karasik

• Measured Results for NbN Phonon-Cooled Hot Electron Bolometric Mixers at 0.6-0.75 THz, 1.56 THz, and 2.5 THz

  E. Gerecht, C. F. Musante, H. Jian, K. S. Yngvesson, J. Dickinson, J. Waldman, G. N. Gol'tsman, P. A. Yagoubov, B. M. Voronov, and E. M. Gershenzon

• Measurements with a Diffusion-Cooled Nb Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer at 1100 GHz

  A. Skalare, W. R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H. LeDuc

• NbN Hot-Electron Mixer at Radiation Frequencies Between 0.9 THz and 1.2 THz

  Yu. P. Gousev, H. K. Olsson, G. N. Gol'tsman, B. M. Voronov, and E. M. Gershenzon

• Quasioptical NbN Phonon-Cooled Hot Electron Bolometric Mixers with Low Optimal Local Oscillator Power

  P. Yagoubov, M. Kroug, H. Merkel, E. Kollberg, G. Gol'tsman, A. Lipatov, S. Svechnikov, E. Gershenzon

• Gain-Bandwidth Characteristics of High- T_c Superconducting Millimeter-Wave Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers

  Chao-Te Li, Bascom Deaver, Jr., Robert M. Weikle II, Mark Lee, Rajesh A. Rao, and Chang-Beom Eom

5. Session 4 Schottky Diode Mixers, Chair: T. Gaier

• 2.5 THz GaAs Monolithic Membrane-Diode Mixer A New Planar Circuit Realization for High Frequency Semiconductor Components

  Peter H. Siegel, R. Peter Smith, Michael Gaidis, Suzanne Martin, Judy Podosek, Ute Zimmermann

• On the Design and Measurement of a 2.5 THz Waveguide Mixer

  C. M. Mann, D. N. Matheson, B. N. Ellison, M. L. Oldfield, B. P. Moyna, J. J. Spencer, D. S.Wilsher, B. J. Maddison

• A Discussion of Power Coupling Bandwidth Limitations of Planar Schottky Diodes at Submillimeter Wavelengths

  J. L. Hesler, B. Gelmont

• A High Performance, 318 GHz Subharmonic (x3) Balanced Mixer

  Israel Galin

• Quasi-Integrated Planar Schottky Barrier Diodes for 2.5 THz Receivers

  Tetsu Suzuki, Chris Mann, Takanari Yasui, Hirotomo Fujishima, Kojiy Mizuno

6. Session 5: SIS Mixers and Receivers I, Chair: V. Belitsky

• A Tunerless SIS Mixer for 200-280 GHz with Low Output Capacitance and Inductance

  A. R. Kerr. S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, H. H. Huang

• A 350 GHz Finline Mixer Fed by a Hom-Reflector Antenna

  G. Yassin, S. Withington, M. Buffey, K. Jacobs, and S. Wulff

• An Integrated Sideband Separating SIS Mixer for 200-280 GHz

  A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and H. G. LeDuc

• Experimental Results of SIS Mixers with Distributed Junction Arrays

  Sheng Cai Shi, Takashi Noguchi, Junji Inatani, Yoshihisa Irimajiri, Toshimi Saito

• Doubled Shot Noise in Niobium SIS Mixers

  P. Dieleman, J. R. Gao, T. M. Klapwijk

7. Session 6: SIS Mixers and Receivers II, Chair: H. van de Stadt

• Low Noise Fixed Tuned 490 GHz SIS Mixers Made of Epoxy Resin

  M. Sahr, D. Hottgenroth, S. Haas, K. Jacobs, C. E. Honingh

• A low-noise, 9-element Micromachined SIS Imaging Array

  Gert de Lange, Konstantinos Konistis, Qing Hu, Ray Robertazzi, and David Osterman

• Results of the PIROG 8 Balloon Flight with an Embarked Experiment Based on a 425/441 GHz SIS Receiver for 0₂ Search

  A. Deschamps, P. Encrenaz, P. Febvre, H. G. Florén, S. George, B. Lecomte, B. Ljung, L. Nordh, G. Olofsson, L. Pagani, J. R. Pardo, I. Peron, M. Sjökvist, K. Stegner, L. Stenmark, J. Tauber, C. Ullberg

• Recent Progress on the Superconducting Imaging Receiver at 500 GHz

  Sergey V. Shitov, Andrey B. Ermakov, Lyudmila V. Filippenko, Valery P. Koshelets, Willem Luinge, Andrey M. Baryshev, Jiang-Rong Gao, Petri Lehikoinen

8. Session 7: SIS Mixers and Devices, Chair: R. LeDuc

• Terahertz NbN/AlN/NbN Mixers with Al/SiO/NbN Microstrip Tuning Circuits

  Yoshinori Uzawa, Zhen Wang, Akira Kawakami

• Low-Loss NbTiN Films for THz SIS Mixer Tuning Circuits

  J. W. Kooi, J. A. Stern, G. Chattopadhyay, H. G. LeDuc, B. Bumble, J. Zmuidzinas

• Fabrication of NB/AL-N_x/NBTIN Junctions for SIS Mixer Applications Above 1 THz

  B. Bumble, H. G. LeDuc, and J. A. Sten

• Fabrication and DC-Characterization of NbTiN Based SIS Mixers for Use Between 600 and 1200 GHz

  J. A. Stern, B. Bumble, H. G. LeDuc, J. W. Kooi, and J. Zmuidzinas

9. Poster Session, Chair: R. Wyss

• A 4×1 GHz Array Acousto-Optical Spectrometer for air- and spaceborne observations in the submm-region

  J. Horn, C. Macke, F. Schlöder, F. Schmülling, O. Siebertz, and R. Schieder

• Comparative Study of the Bandwidth of Phonon-Cooled NbN Hot-Electron Bolometers in Submillimeter and Optical Wavelength Ranges

  K. S. Il'in, S. I. Cherednichenko, G. N. Gol'tsman, M. Currie, and R. Sobolewski

• Normal Metal Hot-Electron Microbolometer with Andreev Mirrors for THz Space Applications

  D. Chouvaev, L. Kuzmin, M. Tarasov, P. Sundqvist, M. Willander, T. Claeson

• Single Sideband Mixing at Submillimeter Wavelengths

  Junji Inatani, Sheng-cai Shi, Yutaro Sekirnoto, Harunobu Masuko, Satoshi Ochiai

• Noise and Conversion Efficiency of High-T_c Superconductor Josephson Mixers

  O. Harnack, S. Beuven, M. Darula, H. Kohlstedt.M. Tarasov, E. Stepantsov, Z. Ivanov

• Design of 100-900 GHz AlGaAs/GaAs Planar Heterostructure Barrier Varactor Frequency Triplers

  Jan Stake, Lars Dillner, Stephen H. Jones, Chris Mann, and Erik Kollberg

• A Compact 500 GHz Planar Schottky Diode Receiver with a Wide Instantaneous Bandwidth

  B. J. Maddison, R. J. Martin, M. L. Oldfield, C. M. Mann, D. N. Matheson, B. N. Ellison, J. Thornton, W. J. Hall, D. M. Lamarre

• Computer Controlled, Phase-Locked 126-147 GHz Transferred Electron Oscillator System

  Tao Ye, Stephen Jones, John Carlstrom, Robert Weikle

• Series Connection of Resonant Tunneling Diodes for Eliminating Spurious Oscillations

  Tetsu Fujii, Olga Boric-Lubecke, Jongsuck Bae, and Koji Mizuno

• Electromagnetic Modeling of Objective Lenses in Combination with Integrated Lens Antennas

  Maarten J. M. van der Vorst, Peter J. I. de Maagt, and Matti H. A. J. Herben

• A Novel Radio-Wave Alignment Technique for Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Receivers

  C. Y. E. Tong, M. T. Chen, D. C. Papa, and R. Blundell

• Spectroscopic Measurements of Optical Components Around 1 Terahertz

  D. J. Benford, J. W. Kooi, and E. Serabyn

• A Simple Millimeter/Submillimeter-Wave Blackbody Load Suitable for Spaceborne Applications

  Peter H. Siegel, Robert H. Tuffias, Philippe Goy

• Practical Micromachining Techniques for High Aspect Ratio Submillimeter Wave Components

  Victor M. Lubecke, Chris M. Mann, and Koji Mizuno

• A SupraTHz SIS Heterodyne Receiver Using Waveguide / Membrane Technology

  M. Salez, Y. Delorme, I. Peron, J. -M. Munier, D. Rovera, J. -C. Villegier, V. Larrey

• Design of Mixer Elements for the HHT 345 GHz Heterodyne Array Receiver

  G. Narayanan, C. K. Walker, H. Knoepfle, J. Capara

• Low Noise Single Sideband SIS Mixers for MM and Submillimeter Radio Astronomy

  A. Karpov, J. Blondel, M. Voss, D. Billon-Pierron, P. Pasturel, K. H. Gundlach

• A High-Power Frequency-Stabilized Tunable Two-Frequency Diode Laser System for Generation of Coherent Terahertz-Wave by Photomixing

  Shuji Matsuura, Goeffrey A. Blake, Pin Chen, J. C. Pearson, and H. M. Pickett

10. Invited Talk, Chair: A. Skalare

• The Focal Plane Unit of the Heterodyne Instrument for FIRST: HIFI

  N. D. Whyborn, Th. de Graauw, H. van de Stadt, V. Belitsky, R. Kruisinga, S. Torchinsky, H. Visser, K. Wildeman

11. Session 8: Multiplier Sources, Chair: A. Räisänen

• A Local Oscillator System for the FIRST Heterodyne Instrument

  Gerhard W. Schwaab, John C. Pearson, Nicholas D. Whyborn

• Wideband High Efficiency Planar Diode Doublers

  Neal Erickson

• A Broadband Frequency Tripler for SIS Receivers

  S. Mahieu, C. M. Mann, J. Stake, L. Dillner, S. H. Jones, E. Tong, and J. Thornton

• A 430.5 GHz Quasi-Optical HBV Frequency Tripler

  P. Arcioni, M. Bozzi, G. Conciauro, H. L. Hartnagel, L. Perregrini, E. Sacchi, M. Shaalan, J. Weinzierl

12. Session 9: Schottky Diode Fabrication, Chair: H. Eisele

• Planar Schottky Mixer Development to 1 THz and Beyond

  Steven M. Marazita, Jeffrey L. Hesler, Roland Feinaugle, William L. Bishop, Thomas W. Crowe

• Quartz-Based GaAs Schottky Diodes-Lifetime and Failure Analysis

  R. Lin, A. Pease, R. Dengler, D. Humphrey, T. Lee, S. Kayali, I. Medhi

• Physical Properties of the Potential Barrier of Pt/n-GaAs Schottky Mixer Diodes

  H.-W. Hübers, H. P. Röser

13. Session 10: Fundamental Sources, Chair: J. Pearson

• Photomixing in Low-Temperature-Grown GaAs

  S. Verghese, K. A. McIntosh, S. M. Duffy, E. R. Brown, S. Calawa, K. Molvar, W. F. Dinatale, T. M. Lyszczarz

• A Coherent, Tunable, FIR Source

  J. H. Brownell, M. F. Kimmitt, J. C. Swartz, J. E. Walsh

• Electrical Generation of Terahertz Current Oscillations in Ballistic Devices

  Alexander N. Korshak and Vladimir V. Mitin

• Generation of CW-Terahertz Radiation Using a Two-Longitudinal-Mode Laser Diode

  Ping Gu, Masahiko Tani, Kiyomi Sakai, and Takehiko Hidaka

• 2.5 THz Laser Local Oscillator for the EOS CHEM 1 Satellite

  Eric R. Mueller, William E. Robotham, Jr., Richard. P. Meisner, Richard A. Hart, John Kennedy, and Leon A. Newman

14. Session 11: Fundamental Sources II, Chair: S. Verghese

• A W-band HEMT based power amplifier module for millimeter-Wave LO multipliers

  Imran Mehdi, Todd Gaier, Jacob Kooi, Bert Fujiwara, and Richard Lai

• Transient Simulation of Harmonic TEO Circuits

  Gregory B. Tait and Stephen H. Jones

• GaAs TUNNETT Diodes and InP Gunn Devices for Efficient Second-Harmonic Power Generation Above 200 GHz

  Heribert Eisele

15. Session 12: Detectors and Backends, Chair: J. Kawamura

• A Non-Bolometric Model for a Tunable Antenna-Coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Detector

  C. L. Cates, G. Briceno, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, A. C. Gossard

• Superconducting Correlators for Radio Astronomy

  Marc J. Feldman

• WASP: A Wideband Analog Autocorrelation Spectrometer

  K. G. Isaak, A. I. Harris, J. Zmuidzinas

16. Participants

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