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2014 Program Details

TWENTY-FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

April 27-30, 2014

Higher School of Economics

Moskow, Russia

1. Invited Talk:

   SAFARI new and improved - extending the capabilities of SPICA's Imaging Spectrometer

   G. de Lange, et al.

2. Session 1 Systems & Receivers I, Chair: Boris Karasik

   • Submillimeter-Wave Radiometer and Spectrometers using Cryogenically Cooled HEMT Amplifier Front-Ends

     G. Chattopadhyay, T. Reck, W. Deal, P. Stek, I. Mehdi

   • Progress on the upGREAT heterodyne array receivers for the SOFIA telescope

     C. Risacher, R. Güsten, J. Stutzki, H-W. Hübers, A. Bell, D. Büchel, I. Camara, R. Castenholz, M. Choi, U. Graf, S. Heyminck, C. E. Honingh, K. Jacobs, M. Justen, B. Klein, T. Klein, C. Leinz, P. Pütz, N. Reyes, H. Richter, O. Ricken, A. Semenov, A. Wunsch

   • Development of a Terahertz Superconducting Imaging Array (TeSIA)

     S.-C. Shi, TeSIA Team

   • Development of a Total-Power Radiometer Comprising a 340 GHz High-Resolution Sideband-Separating Schottky Receiver

     S. Rea, M. Oldfield, B. Rackauskas, B. Moyna, S. Parkes, M. Dunstan, A. Mason

3. Session 2 Sources I, Chair: Doris Maier

   • Phase-locking of a 4.7 THz Quantum Cascade Lasers Based on a Harmonic Super-lattice Mixer

     D. J. Hayton, A. Khudchenko, D. G. Pavelyev, J. N. Hovenier, A. Baryshev, J. R. Gao, T. Y. Kao, Q. Hu, J. L. Reno, V. Vaks

   • Progress Towards a Room-Temperature 4.7 THz Multiplied Local Oscillator Source to Enable Neutral Oxygen Observation

     J. V. Siles, C. Lee, R. Lin, G. Chattopadhyay, I. Mehdi

   • A 4.7-THz Quantum-cascade Laser as Local Oscillator for the GREAT Heterodyne Spectrometer on SOFIA

     H. Richter, M. Greiner-Bär, K. Rösner, A. Semenov, M. Wienold, L. Schrottke, K. Biermann, T. Grahn, H.-W. Hübers

4. Invited Talk:

   SpaceKIDs - The Development of Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Space Based Applications

   S. Doyle, et al.

5. Session 3 Direct Detectors, Chair: Alexej Semenov

   • Design Description of Silicon Micro-machined Cavity Coupled Far-infrared Bolometer Array

     G. de Lange, M. D. Audley, G. Keizer, S. Dohorty, C. Bracken

   • A Resonance Cold-Electron Bolometer with a Kinetic Inductance Nanofilter

     L. S. Kuzmin

   • A Planar Frequency Selective Bolometric Array at 350 GHz

     S. Mahashabde, A. Sobolev, M. A. Tarasov, L. S. Kuzmin

   • Power Load Dependencies of Cold Electron Bolometer Optical Response at 350 GHz

     M. A. Tarasov, V. S. Edelman, A. B. Ermakov, S. Mahashabde, L. S. Kuzmin

   • Response of the Antenna Coupled TES with High-Frequency Readout to 0.65 THz Radiation

     A. A. Kuzmin, M. Merker, S. V. Shitov, N. N. Abramov, M. Arndt, S. Wuensch, K. Ilin, A. V. Ustinov, M. Siegel

6. Invited Talk:

   Superconducting Metamaterials

   A. V. Ustinov

7. Session 4 Optics, Chair: Sergey Ryabchun

   • Cryogenic Resonator Spectrometer for Satellite Antennas Reflectivity Investigation at Millimeter and Terahertz Bands

     E. A. Serov, V. V. Parshin, G. M. Bubnov, V. F. Vdovin

   • Capillary Quasioptical Highpass Filter

     V. S. Edelman, M. A. Tarasov, A. M. Chekushkin

   • Design of a Compact Cold Optics for Millimeter Wave Observations

     S. Sekiguchi, T. Nitta, K. Karatsu, Y. Sekimoto, N. Okada, T. Tsuzuki, S. Kashima, M. Sekine, T. Okada, S. Shu, M. Naruse, A. Dominjon, T. Noguchi, H. Matsuo

8. Invited Talk:

   Millimetron: The next FIR/mm Space Observatory

   T. de Graauw

9. Session 5 THz Coherent Detectors: HEB I, Chair: Raymond Blundell

   • Optimization of the Intermediate Frequency Bandwidth in the THz HEB Mixers

     A. Semenov, H. Richter, H.-W. Hübers, D. Petrenko, I. Tretyakov, S. Ryabchun, M. Finkel, N. Kaurova, G. Gol'tsman, C. Risacher, O. Ricken, R. Güsten

   • Low Noise Terahertz Mixers Made of MgB2 Films

     S. Cherednichenko, S. Bevilacqua, E. Novoselov, H. Shibata, Y. Tokura

   • Performance of a 4.7 THz Waveguide HEB Mixer for SOFIA's upGREAT

     P. Pütz, K. Jacobs, D. Büchel, M. Schultz, C. Risacher, H. Richter, O. Ricken, H.-W. Hübers, R. Güsten, J. Stutzki, C. E. Honingh

   • MgB2 Hot Electron Bolometers Operating Above 20 K

     D. Cunnane, J. H. Kawamura, B. S. Karasik, M. A. Wolak, X. X. Xi

   • Performance of Twin-slot Antenna Coupled NbN Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers at Frequencies Ranging from 1.4 to 4.7 THz

     N. Vercruyssen, D. J. Hayton, W. Miao, W. Zhang, S.C. Shi, J. R. Gao

10. Session 6 Systems & Receivers II, Chair: Victor Belitsky

    • Testing of 166 to 664 GHz Receivers Prototypes Based on Discrete Planar Schottky Diodes for ICI Onboard MetOp-SG

      M. Benzazaa, B. Thomas, H. Gibson, M. Brandt, A. Walber, J. Ceru, M. G. Perichaud, T. Narhii, V. Kangas

    • Scientific Requirements for Next Generation Space Terahertz Astronomy Missions

      I. I. Zinchenko

    • THz Photometers for Solar Flare Observations from Space

      P. Kaufmann, R. Marcon, A. Abrantes, E. C. Bortolucci, L. O. T. Fernandes, G. Kropotov, A. S. Kudaka, N. Machado, A. Marun, V. Nikolaev, A. Silva, C. S. da Silva, A. Timofeevsky

    • Atmospheric Profiling Synthetic Observation System at THz Wave Band

      Q. Yao, D. Liu, Z. Lin, W. Duan, J. Li, Z. Lou, S. Shi, H. Maezawa, S. Paine

11. Invited Talk:

    Large Format, Background Limited Arrays of Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Sub-mm Astronomy

    J. J. A. Baselmans, et al.

12. Session 7 Novel Devices & Measurements, Chair: Teunis Klapwijk

    • Normal Metal HEB Detector with Johnson Noise Thermometry Readout

      B. S. Karasik

    • Photon Statistics for Space Terahertz Astronomy

      H. Matsuo

    • Frequency Multiplication in a Distributed Array of SIS Junctions

      B. Billade, A. Pavolotsky, V. Belitsky

    • Noise in Nano Bolometers: Terahertz Detectors at Room Temperature and at 77K

      S. Bevilacqua, A. Bergfalk, S. Cherednichenko

    • Terahertz Detectors Based on the Room Temperature Nb5N6 Microbolometers

      X. C. Tu, L. Xu, Q. K. Mao, C. Wan, L. Kang, B. B. Jin, J. Chen, P. H. Wu

    • Photothermoelectric Response in Asymmetric Carbon Nanotube Devices Exposed to Sub-THz Radiation

      G. Federov, A. Kardakova, I. Gayduchenko, B. M. Voronov, M. Finkel, T. M. Klapwijk, G. Goltsman

13. Invited Talk:

    The Greenland Telescope

    R. Blundell

14. Session 8 THz Coherent Detectors: HEB II & SIS Mixers, Chair: Patrick Pütz

    • Noise Temperature and Noise Bandwidth of Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer at 3.8 THz

      I. Tretyakov, S. Seliverstov, P. Zolotov, N. Kaurova, B. Voronov, M. Finkel1, G. Goltsman

    • Superconducting Integrated Receiver with HEB-Mixer

      N. V. Kinev, L. V. Filippenko, R. V. Ozhegov, K. N. Gorshkov, G. N. Gol'tsman, V. P. Koshelets

    • High-quality NbN-MgO0NbN SIS Junctions and Integrated Circuits for THz Applications

      P. N. Dmitriev, M. E. Paramonov, K. I. Rudakov, V. P. Koshelets

    • Fully Integrated Sideband-separating Mixers for the NOEMA Receivers

      D. Maier, J. Reverdy, L. Coutanson, D. Billon-Pierron, C. Boucher, A. Barbier

15. Session 9 Back-ends: Readout & Signal Processing, Chair: Bertrand Thomas

    • SIS Frequency Multiplexers and RF-toDC Converters for Frequency Division Multiplexed TES Read-out

      G. de Lange

    • Experimental Study of Superconducting Microstrip Travelling-wave Parametric Amplifiers

      W. Shan, J. Yang, M. Sekine, Y. Sekimoto, T. Noguchi

16. Session 10 Sources II, Chair: Bertrand Thomas

    • High Power Solid-State THz Source Development

      S. A. Retzloff, J. L. Hesler, T. W. Crowe

    • 4-Pixel Frequency Multiplied Source For High-Resolution Heterodyne Array Receivers at 1.9 THz

      I. Mehdi, J. V. Siles, R. Lin, C. Lee, P. J. Bruneau, E. Schlecht, J. Kawamura, P. Goldsmith

17. Invited Talk:

    The Submm Wave Instrument on JUICE

    P. Hartogh, SWI Team

18. Session 11 THz Coherent Detectors: Schottky Mixers, Chair: Imran Mehdi

    • Schottky-structures for Space THz Technologies

      O. Cojocari

    • THz Schottky Diode MMICs for Astronomy and the Physics of the Atmosphere

      L. Gatilova, J. Treuttel, F. Yang, T. Vacelet, C. Goldstein, Y. Jin, A. Maestrini

    • Sub-millimeter-wave Balanced Mixers and Multipliers at the 5th Harmonic

      H. J. E. Gibson, A. Walber, B. Thomas

    • Schottky diode based components for TeraSCREEN

      H. Wang, M. Henju, M. Oldfield, J. Powell, B. Alderman

19. Session 12 Announcements & Conference Closing

20. Poster Session, Chair: Gregory Goltsman

    • Wideband Receiver Upgrade for the Submillimeter Array

      C. E. Tong, R. Blundell, C.-C. Han, T.-J. Chen, W.-C. Lu, M.-J. Wang

    • First Mixer Prototype Results for Band L (455-495 GHz) of CHAI

      P. Pütz, S. Widdig, S. Fathi, J. W. Kooi, D. Russel, M. Schultz, M. P. Westig, K. Jacobs, U. U. Graf, C. E. Honingh, J. Stutzki

    • Characterization of the IF Output Impedance of SIS Mixers

      P. Serres, A. Navarrini, Y. Bortolotti, O. Garnier

    • SIS Tunnel Junction's Specific Capacitance Direct Measurement

      P. Y. Aghdam, H. Rashid, V. Desmaris, A. Pavolotsky, V. Belitsky

    • Image Rejection Ratio of 2SB SIS Receivers

      A.V. Khudchenko, R. Hesper, A. M. Baryshev, F. P. Mena, J. Barkhof

    • Improved Quadrature RF Hybrid for 2SB and Balanced THz Receivers

      H. Rashid, D. Meledin, V. Desmaris, V. Belitsky

    • Development of Phase Lock Loop Based on Harmonic Phase Detector

      K. V. Kalashnikov, A. V. Khudchenko, V. P. Koshelets

    • Design, Fabrication and Measurement of a Membrane Based Quasi-optical THz HEB Mixer

      G. Gay, Y. Delorme, R. Lefèvre, A. Féret, F. Defrance, T. Vacelet, F. Dauplay, M. Ba-Trung, L.Pelay, J.-M. Krieg

    • Wide RF Band Mixer -Block Design for Waveguide-type HEB Mixer

      T. Soma, T. Sakai, Y. Watanabe, N. Sakai, L. Jiang, H. Maezawa, S. Yamamoto

    • Development of a 30 THz Heterodyne Receiver Based on a Hot-Electron-Bolometer Mixer

      M. Shcherbatenko, Y. Lobanov, M. Finkel, S. Maslennikov, I. Pentin, A. Semenov, N. Titova, N. Kaurova, B. M. Voronov, A. Rodin, T. M. Klapwijk, G. N. Gol'tsman

    • Development of an 8×8 Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector Array at 850μm

      J. Li, D. Liu, S. Li, J. P. Yang, Z. H. Lin, W. Miao, Z. Lou, S. C. Shi, S. Mima, N. Furukawa, K. Koga, C. Otani

    • Superconducting On-chip Spectrometers at Sub-millimeter Wavelength

      M. Naruse, H. Tanoue, K. Arai, Y. Sekimoto, T. Noguchi, T. Taino, H. Myoren

    • Zero Bias GaAsSb/InAlAs/InGaAs Tunnel Diodes for MMW-THz Detection

      M. Patrashin, N. Sekine, A. Kasamatsu, I. Watanabe, I. Hosako, T. Takahashi, M. Sato, Y. Nakasha, N. Hara

    • Characterization of Ti Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors

      J. Q. Zhong, W. Miao, W. Zhang, D. Liu, Z. Wang, W. Y. Duan, Q. J. Yao, S. C. Shi, T. J. Chen, L. H. Chang, M. J. Wang, J. Martino, F. Pajot, D. Prele, F. Voisin, M. Piat

    • Experimental Study of a Josephson Junction Based Thermometer and Its Possible Application in Bolometry

      T. Faivre, D. Golubev, J. P. Pekola

    • A Microwave Pumped HEB Direct Detector Using a Homodyne Readout Scheme

      A. Shurakov, C. E. Tong, R. Blundell, G. Gol'tsman

    • Laboratory Based Terahertz Spectroscopy for Ice Desorption Studies of the Interstellar Medium

      O. Auriacombe, H. Fraser, B. Ellison, S. Rea

    • Dual Band MM-Wave Receiver for Onsala 20 m Antenna

      I. Lapkin, M. Fredrixon, E. Sundin, L. Helldner, L. Pettersson, S.-E. Ferm, M. Pantaleev, V. Belitsky

    • Characterization of a Martin-Puplett Interferometer of a 2.6THz Heterodyne Receiver

      F. Defrance, M. Wiedner, Y. Delorme, M. Batrung, F. Dauplay, A. Feret, G. Gay, H. Gibson, J-M. Krieg, R. Lefèvre, L. Pelay, J. Spatazza, T. Vacelet

    • The 220 GHz Stepped-frequency Imaging Radar

      W. Hu, X. Meng, Y. Su, X. Lv

    • Search for New Sites for THz Observations in Eurasia

      G. M. Bubnov, V. F. Vdovin, I. I. Zinchenko, V. I. Nosov, E. B. Abashin, O. S. Bolshakov, S. Y. Dryagin

    • Deposition of High-quality Ultra-thin NbN Films at Ambient Temperatures

      S. Krause, V. Desmaris, D. Meledin, V. Belitsky, S. Krause, V. Desmaris, D. Meledin, V. Belitsky

    • Study of NbN Ultra-thin Films for THz Hot-electron Bolometers

      V. P. Afanas'ev, S. Krause, A. V. Lubenchenko, A. A. Batrakov, V. Desmaris, A. B. Pavolotsky, V. Belitsky

    • Terahertz Emission from Silicon Nanostructures Heavily Doped with Boron

      N. T. Bagraev, A. K. Kaveev, L. E. Klyachkin, A. M. Malyarenko, V. A. Mashkov, D. I. Tsypishka, I. A. Vinerov

    • Monolithically Integrated 440 GHz Doubler Using Film-Diode (FD) Technology

      I. Oprea, H. J. Gibson, O. Cojocari, A. Walber, T. Narhi

    • A Schottky Diode Frequency Multiplier Chain at 380 GHz for a Gyro-TWA Application

      Z. Chen, H. Wang, B. Alderman, P. Huggard, B. Zhang, Y. Fan

    • Phase-locking of a 3.1 THz Quantum Cascade Laser to Terahertz Reference Generated by a Frequency Comb

      Y. Irimajiri, M. Kumagai, I. Morohashi, A. Kawakami, N. Sekine, S. Nagano, S. Ochiai, S. Tanaka, Y. Hanado, Y. Uzawa, I. Hosako

    • Spline Feed Horns for the STEAMR Instrument

      A. Hammar, Y. Karandikar, P. Forsberg, A. Emrich, J. Stake

    • 1.9-2.5 THz and 4.7 THz Electroformed Smooth-wall Spline Feedhorns for the HEB Mixers of the upGREAT Instrument Onboard SOFIA Aircraft

      B. Thomas, H. Gibson, P. Krahe, S. Hees, A. Walber, P. Pütz, C. Risacher

    • Condition of Optical Systems Independent of Frequency for Wide Field-of-View Radio Telescope

      H. Imada, M. Nagai, M. Seta, M. Kino, S. Ishii, N. Nakai

    • Design and Loss Measurement of Substrate Integrated Waveguides at Terahertz Frequencies

      T. Kojima, A. Gonzalez, Y. Uzawa

    • The Operation of SIS Mixer as Up- and Down-convertor at Low Frequencies for Frequency Multiplexing

      A. A. Artanov, K. V. Kalashnikov, G. de Lange, V. P. Koshelets

    • Development of Superconducting Low Pass Filter for Ultra Low Noise Measurement System of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector

      K. Karatsu, T. Kojima, Y. Sekimoto, T. Nitta, M. Sekine, S. Sekiguchi, T. Okada, S. Sibo, T. Noguchi, Y. Uzawa, H. Matsuo, H. Kiuchi, M. Naruse

    • A Superconducting Millimetre Switch with Multiple Nano-Bridges

      B.-K. Tan, G. Yassin, L. Kuzmin, E. Otto, H. Merabet, C. North

    • A Digital Terahertz Power Meter Based on an NbN Thin Film

      C. E. Tong, A. Trifonov, R. Blundell, A. Shurakov, G. Gol'tsman

21. Participants

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