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1999 Table of Contents

TENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 16 - 18, 1999

On the Grounds of The University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

1. Session 1, Sources I, Chair: Phil Koh

• Time Resolved Measurements of Flux-Flow Oscillator Linewidth

  U. Müller, K. Jacobs

• Design of a Distributed Terahertz Photomixer

  E. Duerr, K. A. Mcintosh, S. Verghese

• Traveling-Wave Photomixers Based On Noncollinear Optical/Terahertz Phase-Matching

  Shuji Matsuura, Geofrey A. Blake, R. A. Wyss, J. C. Pearson, Cristoph Kadow, Andrew W. Jackson, Arthur C. Gossard

• Heterostructure Barrier Varactors on Copper Substrate for Generation of Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Waves

  Lars Dillner, Jan Stake, Stein Hullung, Chris Mann, Erik Kollberg

• The Complete Analytical Simulation of Heterostructure Barrier Varactor Frequency Multipliers

  L Dillner, M. L. Oldfield, C. M. Mann, B. E. J. Alderman

2. Session 2, Schottky Mixers, Chair: Richard Bradley

• 177-207 GHz Radiometer Front End, Single-Side-Band Measurements

  I. Galin, C. Schnitzer, R. J. Dengler, O. Quintero

• Progress in Submillimeter Wavelength Integrated Mixer Technology

  Steven M. Marazita, Kai Hui, Jeffrey L. Hesler, William L. Bishop, Thomas W. Crowe

• Anti-Parallel Planar Schottky Diodes for Subharmonically-Pumped 220 GHz Mixer

  C. -I. Lin, M. Rodríguez-Gironés, A. Simon, J, Zhang, P. V. Piironen, V. S. Möttönen, J. T. Louhi, H. L. Hartnagel, A. V. Räisänen

• A Fixed-Tuned 400 GHz Subharmonic Mixer Using Planar Schottky Diodes

  Jeffrey L. Hesler, Kai Hui, Song He, Thomas W. Crowe

• Regarding the IF Output Conductance of SIS Tunnel Junctions and the Integration with Cryogenic InP MMIC Amplifiers

  J. W. Kooi, F. Rice, G. Chattopadhyay, S. Sundarum, S. Weinreb, and T. G. Phillips

• E-Beam SIS Junction Fabrication Using CMP and E-Beam Defined Wiring Layer

  Patrick Puetz, Karl Jacobs

• A 550 GHz Dual Pularized Quasi-Optical SIS Mixer

  Goutam Chattopadhyay, David Miller, Jonas Zmuidzinas, and Henry G. LeDuc

• DC and Terahertz Response in Nb SIS Mixers with NbTiN Striplines

  B. D. Jackson, N. N. Iosad, B. Leone, J. R. Gao, T. M. Klapwijk, W. M. Laauwen, G. de Lange, H. van de Stadt

• A Wide Band Ring Slot Antenna Integrated Receiver

  Andrey Baryshev, Sergey Shitov, Andrey Ermakov, Lyudmila Fillipenko, Pavel Dmitriev

3. Session 3 was not delineated in the printed Proceedings as a separate section.

4. Session 4, HEB I HTc, Chair: Antii Räisänen

• Gain and Noise Spectra for YBa₂Cu₃0₇ Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers

  C.-T. Li, G. Schoenthal, B. S. Deaver, Jr., R. M. Weikle II, Mark Lee, R. A. Rao, C. B. Eom

• Microwave Mixing and IF Bandwidth in Sub-micron Long High-T_c Hot-Electron Bolometers

  Oliver Harnack, Boris Karasik, William McGrath, Alan Kleinsasser, Jeff Barner

• Development of High-T_c Detectors For Sub-MM Radiation

  G. de Lange, P. de Korte, O. Harnack, M. Darula

• YBa₂Cu₃0_7-δ Hot-Electron Bolometer with Submicron Dimensions

  S. Cherednicbenko, F. Rönnung, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon, and D. Winkler

5. Session 5, HEB II Mixer Development, Chair: Stephen Jones

• Noise Temperature and Sensitivity Of a NbN Hot-Electron Mixer at Frequencies From 0.7 THz to 5.2 THz

  J. Schubert, A. Semenov, G. Gul'tsman, H. -W. Hübers, G. Schwaab, B. Voronov, E. Gershenzon

• Improved Characteristics of NbN HEB Mixers Integrated with Log-Periodic Antennas

  E. Gerecht, C. F. Musante, H. Jian, Y. Zhuang, K. S. Yngvesson, J. Dickinson, T. Goyette, J. Waldman, P. A. Yagoubov, G. N. Gol'tsman, B. M. Voronov, E. M. Gershenzon

• NbN Phonon-Cooled Hot Electron Bolometer Mixer Development at IRAM

  C. Rösch, F. Mattiocco, K. H. Gundlach, K. -F. Schuster

• Noise and Bandwidth Measurements of Diffusion-Cooled Nb Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers at Frequencies Above the Superconductive Energy Gap

  R. A. Wyss, B. S. Karasik, W. R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H. LeDuc

• Receiver Measurements at 700 GHz with a Niobium Diffusion-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer

  D. Wilms Floet, J. R. Gao, W. F. M. Ganzevles, T. M. Klapwijk, G. de Lange, P. A. J. de Korte

• NbN Hot Electron Bolometric Mixers at Frequencies Between 0.7 and 3.1 THz

  P. Yagoubov, M. Kroug, H. Merkel, E. Kollberg, H. -W. Hübers, J. Schubert, G. Schwaab, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon

• Twin-Slot Antenna Coupled Nb Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers at 1 THz and 2.5 THz

  W. F. M. Ganzevles, J. R. Gao, D. Wilms Floet, G. de Lange, A. K. van Langen, L. R. Swart, T. M. Klapwijk, P. A. J. de Korte

• Fabrication of an Aluminum Based Hot Electron Mixer for Terahertz Applications

  P. M. Echternach, H. G. LeDuc, A. Skalare, and W.R. McGrath

6. Session 6, Simulation Techniques, Chair: Greg Tait

• SuperMix: A Flexible Software Library for High-Frequency Circuit Simulation, Including SIS Mixers And Superconducting Elements

  John Ward, Frank Rice, Goutam Chattopadhyay, and Jonas Zmuidzinas

• Fast Harmonic Balance of SIS Mixers with Multiple Junctions and Superconducting Circuits

  Frank Rice, John Ward, Jonas Zmuidzinas, and Goutam Chattopadhyay

• Accurate Electromagnetic Characterization of Quasi-Optical Planar Structures

  P. Arcioni, M. Bozzi, L. Perregrini, A. R. Ruiz Laso

• Efficient Analysis of Quasi-Optical Filters by the BI-RME Method

  P. Arcioni, M. Bozzi, D. Giani, and L. Perregrini

• A Modified Harmonic-Balance Analysis of Schottky Diode Multipliers Based Upon a Hydrodynamic Transport Model

  C. C. Lee, B. L. Gelmont, D. L. Woolard, and C. Fazi

7. Session 7, Optics & Antennas, Chair: Sanjay Raman

• A 200 GHz Near Field Measurement System

  C. C. Chin, S. C. Yang, Robert Hu, S. S. Shen

• The Design Concept of a Terahertz Imager Using a Ge:Ga Photoconductor 2D Array

  Ken-ichi Watabe, Mikio Fujiwara, and Norihisa Hiromoto

• A folded Fabry-Perot diplexer Of triangular shape

  Herman van de Stadt

• Theoretical Analysis of the Potter Horn-Reflector Antenna for Submillimeter-Wave Applications

  G. Yassin, S. Withington, P. Kittara, K. G. Isaak

• The Gaussian Beam Mode Analysis of Phase Gratings

  Créidhe O'Sullivan, J. Anthony Murphy, Neil Trappe, William Lanigan, Ruth Colgan, and Stafford Withington

8. Session 8, Posters, Chair: Bobby Weikle

• Submillimeter Cryogenic Telescope with Andreev Type Microbolometer for the International Space Station. Project Submillimetron

  A. Vystavkin, D. Chouvaev, T. Claeson, D. Golubev, V. Gromov, N. Kardashev, A. Kovalenko, V. Kurt, L. Kuzmin, M. Tarasov, A. Trubnikov, M. Willander

• Characterization of the Electron Energy Relaxation Process in NbN Hot-Electron Devices

  K. S. Il'in, G. Gol'tsman, B. M. Voronov, Roman Sobolewski

• Submillimeter SIS Mixers Using High Current Density Nb/AIN/Nb Tunnel Junctions and NbTiN Films

  J. Kawamura, D. Miller, J. Chen, J. Kooi, J. Zmuidzinas, B. Bumble, H. G. LeDuc, and J. A. Stern

• Transmission Properties of ZITEX in the Infrared to Submillimeter

  D. J. Benford, M. C. Gaidis, J. W. Kooi

• Web-Based Simulation of Mixers, Multipliers and Oscillators

  Venkat Veeramachaneni, Sandeep Ranade, Tim O'Brien, Stephen Jones, Greg Tait

• Combined Circuit-Device Time Domain Simulation of 2.5 THz GAAS Schottky Diode Mixers

  Haoyue Wang, Stephen H. Jones, Gregory B. Tait, Chris Mann

• A Dual Frequency (810/492 GHz) SIS Receiver System for the Authentic Submillimeter Telescope & Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

  C. K. Walker, Jacob Kooi, Karl Jacobs

• A Moderate Cost 2.5 THz High Performance Feedhorn

  D. S. Wilsher, J. J. Spencer, C. M. Mann, M. C. Gaidis

• 640 GHz SIS Receiver System for JEM/SMILES on International Space Station

  M. Seta, H. Masuko, T. Manabe, J. Inatani, JEM/SMILES Mission Team

• Concept of a Superconducting Integrated Receiver with Phase-Lock Loop

  Sergey V. Shitov, Valery P. Koshelets, Lyudmilla V. Filippenko, Pavel N. Dmitriev, Andrey M. Baryshev, Willem Luinge, Jin-Rong Gao

• A Broad Band Low Noise SIS Radiometer

  Alexandre Karpov, Jacques Blondel, Pavel Dmitriev, Valery Koshelets

9. Session 9, Sources II, Chair: Gerhard Schwaab

• A 200 GHz Broadband, Fixed-Tuned, Planar Doubler

  David W. Porterfield

• Progress in Planar Diode Balanced Doublers

  N. R. Erickson, T. W. Crowe, W. L. Bishop, R. P. Smith, S. C. Martin

• Improved Diode Geometry for Planar Heterostructure Barrier Varactors

  Jan Stake, Chris Mann, Lars Dillner, Mattias Ingvarson, Stephen H. Jones, Stein Hullung, Henini Mohamed, Byron Alderman, Martyn Chamberlain, and E. Kollberg,

• A 141-GHz Quasi-Optical HBV Diode Frequency Tripler

  Stein Hullung, Jan Stake, Lars Dillner, and Erik Kollberg

10. Session 10, Circuits & Components, Chair: Sigfrid Yngvesson

• A Fast and Sensitive Submillimeter Waveguide Power Meter

  Neal Erickson

• An Accurate Expression for the Input Impedances of One-Sided Microstrip Probes in Waveguide

  S. Withington, G. Yassin, J. Leech, K. G. Isaak

• Low Cost Direct Machining of Terahertz Waveguide Structures

  G. Narayanan, N. R. Erickson, and R. M. Grosslein

• A High Resulution Spectrometer for the Investigation of Molecular Structures in the THz Range

  G. W. Schwaab, H. -W. Hübers, J. Schubert, Patrik Erichsen, G. Gol'tsman, A. Semenov, A. Verevkin, S. Cherednichenko, E. Gershenzon

11. Session 11, Analysis, Chair: Stafford Withington

• Frequency-Domain Analysis of Diffusion-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers

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

• Optimization of the Normal Metal Hot-Electron Microbolometer

  D. Chouvaev, D. Golubev, M. Tarasov, and L. Kuzmin

• Optimum Receiver Noise Temperature for NbN HEB Mixers According to the Standard Model

  K. Sigfrid Yngvesson, Erik L. Kollberg

• Comparison Between Electronic Hot Spot Model and Current-Voltage Characteristics of Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometers

  D. Wilms Floet, J. R. Gao, T. M. Klapwijk, P. A. J. de Korte

• A Hot Spot Mixer Model for Superconducting Phonon-Cooled HEB Far Above the Quasiparticle Bandgap

  Harald Merkel, Pourya Khosropanah, Pavel Yagoubov, Erik Kollberg

12. Participants

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