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1991 Table of Contents

SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

February 26 - 28, 1991

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

1. Opening Session, Chair: C.A. Kukkonen

   • NASA's OAET Sensors Program

     M. Sokoloski (presentation only)

   • NASA Program Plans for Sub-Millimeter Wave Astronomy

     Mike Kaplan

   • The Submillimeter Mission (SMMM) Heterodyne Instrument

     Margaret A. Frerking

   • Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder: A View from the Front

     Peter H. Siegel

2. Session 1: Antennas, Chair: J.W. Mink

   • Integrated Terahertz Corner-Cube Antennas and Receivers

     Steven S. Gearhart, Curtis C. Ling, Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Gordon Chin, and Hemant Davé

   • Antennas for Sub-Millimetre Wave Receivers

     Joakim F. Johansson, Nicholas D. Whyborn, Pranay Raj Acharya, Hans Ekström, Stellan W. Jacobsson, and Erik L. Kollberg

   • Integrated Horn Antennas for Terahertz Applications

     The Table of Contents list a different title for the paper on page 82 than actually appears in the Proceedings at that page.

     George V. Eleftheriades, Walid Y. Ali-Ahmad, Linda P. Katehi, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

   • Imaging Arrays for the Millimeter and Submillimeter-Wave Region

     K. Uehara, K. Miyashita, K. Natsume, K. Hatakeyama, and K. Mizuno

3. Session 2: Oscillators, Chair: E.L. Kollberg

   • Fundamental Mode Operation of Gunn Devices above 100 GHz

     R. Kamoua, J.R. East, and G.I. Haddad

   • Design and Evaluation of W and D Band TUNNETT Devices

     C. Kidner, G.I. Haddad, J.R. East, and H. Eisele

   • Recent advances in resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators

     E.R. Brown, C.D. Parker, K.M. Molvar, M.K. Connors, and K.D. Stephan

   • GaAs IMPATT Diodes for Frequencies above 100 GHz: Technology and Performance

     H. Eisele, R.K. Mains, G.I. Haddad, C.C. Chen

   • Lossy-Line Stabilization of Negative-Resistance Diodes for Integrated-Circuit Oscillators

     Karl D. Stephan, Sai-Chu Wong, Elliot R. Brown

4. Session 3: Power Combining, Chair: F.T. Ulaby

   • Josephson Junction Oscillator Arrays

     Matthew J. Lewis, Dale Durand, Andrew D. Smith, and Peter Hadley

   • Terahertz Power-Combining with Coupled Oscillator Arrays

     R.A. York and R.C. Compton

   • Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Quasi-optical Oscillator with Multi-elements

     M. Nakayama, M. Hieda, T. Tanaka, H. Kondo, K. Osakabe, and K. Mizuno

   • Network Analysis of Planar Spatial Power Combining

     Tatsuo Itoh

5. Session 4: Multipliers 1, Chair: M.A. Frerking

   • Theoretical Efficiency of Multiplier Devices

     Timo J. Tolmunen and Margaret A. Frerking

   • Multipliers for THz Heterodyne Systems

     B.L.A. Rydberg, B.N. Lyons, and U.S. Lidholm

   • Quantum Well Diode Frequency Multiplier Study

     R.J. Hwu, N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

   • 90 to 180 GHz Heterostructure Monolithic Integrated Doubler

     Y. Kwon, D. Pavlidis, P. Marsh, M. Tutt, G.I. Ng, and T. Brock

6. Session 5: Multipliers 2, Chair: T.W. Crowe

   • Recent Development of Barrier-Intrinsic-N+ (BIN) Diode Frequency Tripler

     R.J. Hwu, N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

   • Design of Planar Varactor Frequency Multiplier Devices with Blocking Barriers

     U. Lieneweg, T. Tolmunen, M. Frerking, and J. Maserjian

   • Monolithic Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Varactor Frequency Multipliers in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Region

     R.J. Hwu, L.P. Sadwick, and G.B. Stringfellow

   • Millimeter Wave Monolithic Solid State Device Arrays

     H-X.L. King, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., X. Qin, L.B. Sjogren, W. Wu, D.B. Rutledge, J. Maserjian, U. Lieneweg, and R. Bhat.

   • Current Saturation in Submillimeter Wave Varactors

     E. Kollberg, T. Tolmunen, M. Frerking, and J. East

7. Session 6: Mixers, Chair: G.M. Rebeiz

   • GaAs Schottky Diodes for Mixing Applications Beyond 1 THz

     Thomas W. Crowe and W.C.B. Peatman

   • Millimeter Wave Planar Doped Barrier Detector Diodes

     Yogi Anand, Jack Hillson, Abbas Torabi, and Jack East

   • Two-Dimensional Electron Gas ("2DEG") Hot-Electron Mixers for Millimeter Waves and Submillimeter Waves

     J.-X. Yang, W. Grammer, F. Agahi, K.-M. Lau, and K.S. Yngvesson

   • InGaAs Schottky Barrier Mixer Diodes for Minimum Conversion Loss and Low LO Power Requirements at Terahertz Frequencies

     U.V. Bhapkar, T.A. Brennan, and R.J. Mattauch

   • High Gain and Noise in SIS Mixers at Submillimeter Wavelengths

     Michael J. Wengler, Noshir Dubash, Gordana Pance, and Ronald E. Miller

   • Terahertz Detectors Based on Superconducting Kinetic Inductance

     E.N. Grossman, D.G. McDonald, J.E. Sauvageau

8. Session 7: Mixers 2, Chair: R.J. Mattauch

   • Low-Noise 205 GHz SIS Mixers Using High Current Density Nb And NbN Tunnel Junctions

     W.R. McGrath, H.H.S. Javadi, S.R. Cypher, B. Bumble, B.D. Hunt, H.G. LeDuc

   • Nb Based Mixer Elements for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths

     A.W. Lichtenberger, D.M. Lea, A.C. Hicks, J.D. Prince, R. Densing, D. Peterson, and B.S. Deaver

   • A Low Noise 230 GHz Heterodyne Receiver Employing .25µm² Area Nb/AlO_x/Nb Tunnel Junctions.

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

   • A 345 GHz waveguide mixer with two mechanical tuners using an array of four Nb-Al-Al₂O₃-Nb SIS junctions

     The Table of Contents list a different title for the paper on page 473 than actually appears in the Proceedings at that page.

     C.E. Honingh, M.M.T.M. Dierichs, H.H.A. Schaeffer, T.M. Klapwijk, Th. de Graauw

9. Session 8: Antennas 2 and More, Chair: T. Itoh

   • Quasi-Optical Slot Antenna SIS Mixers

     Jonas Zmuidzinas and H.G. LeDuc

   • Millimeter-Wave Double-Dipole Antennas for High Efficiency Reflector Illumination

     D.F. Filipovic, W.Y. AIi-Ahmad, and G.M. Rebeiz

   • Submillimeter Backward-Wave Oscillator Program

     The Table of Contents list a different title for the paper on page 497 than actually appears in the Proceedings at that page.

     N. Stankiewicz, L.R. Barnett, J.A. Dayton, Jr.

   • Millimeter Wave Radiation Generated by Optical Mixing in FETs Integrated with Printed Circuit Antennas

     D.V. Plant, H.R. Fetterman, D.C. Scott, and D.C. Ni

10. Session 9: Circuits and More, Chair: H. Fetterman

    • Sliding Backshorts for Planar Circuits

      Victor M. Lubecke, William R. McGrath, David B. Rutledge

    • Low-Loss Guiding Structures for THz Frequency Applications

      A.G. Engel, Jr., T.E. van Deventer, and Linda P.B. Katehi

    • Improved Superconductive Mixer Coupling: Sub-millimeter Performance without Sub-micron Lithography

      J.A. Carpenter, E.R. Arambula, E.B. Guillory, A.D. Smith

    • D-band Vector Network Analyzer

      James Steimel, Jr. and Jack East

    • Tunable High Frequency Radiation Source Utilizing a Relativistically Propagating Ionization Front

      R.L. Savage, Jr., C. Joshi, and W.B. Mori

11. Session 10: Receivers and More, Chair: G.I. Haddad

    • Sub-Millimeterwave InP-Based High Electron Mobility Transistors

      L.D. Nguyen, A.S. Brown, and L.E. Larson

    • Wave-coupled LiNbO₃ Electro-optic Modulator for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Modulation

      William B. Bridges, Finbar T. Sheehy, and James H. Schaffner

    • A Planar Wideband Subharmonic Millimeter-Wave Receiver

      B.K. Kormanyos, C.C. Ling, G.M. Rebeiz, P.H. Ostdiek, W.L. Bishop, and T.W. Crowe

    • 380 GHz Receiver Front-End For The Balloon-Borne Radioastronomical Experiment - PRONAOS

      O. Perrin, C. Robert, P. Feautrier, P. Febvre, G. Beaudin, P. Encrenas, M. Gheudin, J. Lacroix, G. Montignac

    • Submillimeter Receiver Development at the University of Cologne

      J. Hernichel, F. Lewen, K. Matthes, M. Klumb, T. Rose, G. Winnewisser, P. Zimmermann

    • A Water Vapour and Temperature Atmospheric Vertical Sounder Between 110 and 190 GHz: Observing Campaigns in Prospect

      P. Abba, G. Beaudin, A. Deschamps, P. Encrenaz, M. Gheudin, J.R. Jégou, C. Prigent, G. Ruffié, G. Thomas

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