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1993 Table of Contents

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 30 - April 1, 1993

Royce Hall, UCLA

Los Angeles, California

1. Opening Session, Chair: Fawwaz Ulaby

   • Welcoming Remarks (presentation only)

     Dean Frank Wazzan

   • NASA's Space Science Sensor Technical Program (presentation only)

     Gordon Johnston

   • Applications of Millimeter and Subrnillimeter Technology to Earth's Upper Atmosphere:Results To Date and Potential for the Future (presentation only)

     Joe W. Waters and P. Siegel

   • UCLA Research Effort for High Frequency Devices (presentation only)

     Kang Wang

2. Session 1: SIS Receivers I, Chair: Tatsuo Itoh

   • A New SIS Mixer for the 2-MM Band

     A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A.W. Lichtenberger, F.L. Lloyd, and N. Horner

   • Wide Band Fixed Tuned and Tuneable SIS Mixers for 230 GHz and 345 GHz Receivers

     A Karpov, M. Carter, B. Lazareff, M. Voss, D. Billon-Pierron, and K.H. Gundlach

   • Development of a Sideband Separation Receiver at 100 GHz

     R.L. Akeson, J.E. Carlstrom, D.P. Woody, J. Kawamura, A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and K. Wan

   • Measuring the Quantum Efficiency of SIS Receivers

     David Woody

   • Photon Noise in the SIS Detector

     Noshir S. Dubash, Gordana Pance, Michael J. Wengler

3. Session 2: SIS Receivers II, Chair: Carl Kukkonen

   • A Technique for Accurate Noise Temperature Measurements for the Superconducting Quasiparticle Receiver

     Qing Ke and M.J. Feldman

   • Quantum limited responsivity of a Nb/Al₂O₃/Nb SIS waveguide mixer at 460 GHz and first results at 750 and 840 GHz

     G. de Lange, C.E. Honingh, M.M.T.M. Dierichs, H.H.A. Schaeffer, H. Kuipers, R.A. Panhuyzen, T.M. Klapwijk, H. van de Stadt, M.W.M. de Graauw, E. Armandillo

   • A Submillimeter Wave SIS Receiver for 547 GHz

     W.R. McGrath, P. Febvre, P. Batelaan, H.G. LeDuc, B. Bumble, M.A. Frerking, J. Hernichel

   • Double Dipole Antenna SIS Receivers at Frequencies above 500 GHz

     J. Mees, A. Skalare, M.M.T.M. Dierichs, H. van de Stadt, R.A. Panhuyzen, Th. de Graauw, T.M. Klapwijk, and E. Armandillo

   • Slot-Antenna SIS Mixers with Novel Tuning Circuits

     Jonas Zmuidzinas, H.G. LeDuc, J.A. Stern, and S.R. Cypher

   • Progress on a Fixed Tuned Waveguide Receiver Using a Series-Parallel Array of SIS Junctions

     Nils W. Halverson, John E. Carlstrom, David P. Woody, Henry G. Leduc, and Jeffrey A. Stern

4. Session 3: Power Combining, Chair: Barry Perlman

   • Planar Grid Oscillators for Quasi-Optical Power Combining at 37 GHz

     A. Torabi, H.M. Harris, R.W. McMillan, S.M. Halpern, J.C Wiltse, D. Gagnon, D.W. Griffin, and C.J. Summers

   • Comparison of a 4-Element Linear Array and a 2x2 Planar Array

     Jenshan Lin, Tatsuo Itoh

   • A 75 GHz to 115 GHz Quasi-Optical Amplifier

     Thomas P. Budka, Michael W. Trippe, Sander Weinreb, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

   • A Subharmonically Pumped HFET Grid Mixer

     Robert M. Weikle II, Niklas Rorsman, Herbert Zirath, and Erik L. Kollberg

   • HFET Resistive Mixers for Frequencies above 100 GHz

     Herbert Zirath, Ilcho Angelov, Niklas Rorsman, Christer Karlsson, Robert M. Weikle II, and Erik L. Kollberg

5. Session 4: Antennas and Networks I, Chair: Eric Kollberg

   • Tailoring Artificial Dielectric Materials at Terahertz Frequencies

     R.H. Giles, A.J. Gatesman, J. Fitzgerald, S. Fisk, and J. Waldman

   • A Gauss-Laguerre Analysis of the Dual-Mode ('Potter') Horn

     Joakim F. Johansson

   • Optical Tuning Range Comparison of Uniplanar Active Integrated Antenna Using MESFET, GaAs HEMT and Pseudomorphic HEMT

     Shigeo Kawasaki and Tatsuo Itoh

   • Double-Slot Antennas on Extended Hemispherical and Elliptical Silicon Dielectric Lenses

     Daniel F. Filipovic, Steven S. Gearhart, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

   • Truncation in Beam Waveguides

     J. Anthony Murphy, Stafford Withington

6. Session 5: Antennas & Networks II, Chair: Anthony Kerr

   • Phase Retrieval at Millimetre and Submillmetre Wavelengths using a Gaussian-Beam Formalism

     K.G. Isaak and S. Withington

   • Gaussian-mode Analysis of "Thin" Mirrors

     S. Withington and J.A. Murphy

   • Fabrication and Characterization of Microshield Circuits

     T.M. Weller, L.P. Katehi, G.M. Rebeiz, H.J. Cheng, and J.F. Whitaker

   • Experimental Study of Micromachined Circuits

     Rhonda F. Drayton and Linda P.B. Katehi

   • Testing Reflector Antennas in the THz Frequency Range

     Jussi Tuovinen

7. Session 6: Solid State Sources I, Chair: Jim Mink

   • Power Generation with IMPATT Diodes, TUNNEIT Diodes and Gunn Devices at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Frequencies

     H. Eisele, R. Kamoua, G.I. Haddad, C. Kidner

   • A Back-to-Back Barrier-N-N+(bbBNN) Diode TripIer at 200 GHz

     Debabani Choudhury, Antti V. Räisänen, R. Peter Smith, and Margaret A. Frerking

   • A High Power Doubler for 174 GHz Using a Planar Diode Array

     N.R. Erickson, B.J. Rizzi, and T.W. Crowe

   • Planar Varactor Diodes for Submillimeter Applications

     Brian J. Rizzi, Kristan K. Rausch, Thomas W. Crowe, Philip J. Koh, William C.B. Peatman, J. Robert Jones, Stephen H. Jones, and Gregory Tait

   • Performance Limitations of Varactor Multipliers

     Jack East, Erik Kollberg, Margaret Frerking

8. Session 7: Solid State Sources II, Chair: Koji Mizuno

   • Finite Element Analysis of a Planar Diode Doubler

     Jussi Tuovinen and Neal R. Erickson

   • High-Frequency InP Gunn Oscillators: Simulation and Experiment

     R. Kamoua, H. Eisele, G.I. Haddad, G. Munns, and M. Sherwin

   • Novel 100 GHz GaAs/ AlGaAs MQW IMPATT Oscillators :p+n Single-Drift Structures on p+ Substrates

     C.C. Meng, S.W. Siao, H.R Fetterman, D.C. Streit, T.R. Block, and Y. Saito

   • Numerical Simulation of TUNNETT and MITATT Devices in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Range

     Chien-Chung Chen, Richard K. Mains, George I. Haddad, and Heribert Eisele

9. Session 8: Schottky Diode Fabrication & Receivers I, Chair: Thomas Crowe

   • GaAs Schottky Diodes for THz Mixing Applications

     P.A.D. Wood, W.C.B. Peatman, D.W. Porterfield, and T.W. Crowe

   • Planar THz Schottky Diode Based on a Quasi Vertical Diode Structure

     A Simon, A Grüb, V. Krozer, K. Beilenhoff, H.L. Hartnagel

   • Low-Frequency Noise Characteristics of GaAs Schottky Diodes Fabricated by In-Situ Electrochemical Process and Comparison to Evaporation Process

     P. Marsh, D. Pavlidis, M. Tutt, T. Hashizume, H. Hasegawa, T. Sawada, A. Grüb, and H.L. Hartnagel

   • Planar GaAs Schottky Diode Fabrication: Progress and Challenges

     William L. Bishop, Thomas W. Crowe, and Robert J. Mattauch

   • A Study of Reliability and Physical Properties of Schottky Barriers with Respect to THz Applications

     A. Grüb, V. Krozer, A. Simon, H.L. Hartnagel

10. Session 9: Josephson Effect & Novel Devices I, Chair: Jonas Zmuidzinas

    • Josephson-Effect Mixers Using Shunted Nb and NbN Tunnel Junctions

      R.J. Schoelkopf, T.G. Phillips, J. Zmuidzinas, J.A. Stern

    • Quasi-Optical 2-D Josephson Junction Array Oscillators with On-Chip Inductive Tuning Structures

      Bin Liu and Michael J. Wengler

    • High Power Submillimeter Wave Source using Series Biased Linear Josephson Effect Array

      Siyuan Han, Baokang Bi, Wenxing Zhang, A.H. Worsham, and J.E. Lukens

    • Central Frequency/Wideband Quasioptical Josephson Oscillator Arrays

      Aleksandar Pance, Gordana Pance, and Michael J. Wengler

    • Linewidth Measurements of Flux-Flow Josephson Oscillators Using a CAD Designed Integrated Sub-MM Wave Receiver

      Y.M. Zhang, D. Winkler, T. Claeson

11. Session 10: Schottky Diode Fabrication & Receivers II, Chair: David Rutledge

    • The Fabrication and Performance of Planar Doped Barrier Subharmonic Mixer Diodes

      Trong-Huang Lee, Jack R. East, Chen-Yu Chi, Robert Dengler, Imran Mehdi, Peter Siegel, and George I. Haddad

    • Cryogenic Mixers for Radioastronomical Radiometers from 660 to 810 GHz

      A.I. Harris, K.-F. Schuster, L.J. Tacconi, and K.H. Gundlach

    • A Wideband 760GHz Planar Integrated Schottky Receiver

      Steven S. Gearhart, Jeffrey Hesler, William L. Bishop, Thomas W. Crowe, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

    • Noise Temperatures and Conversion Losses of Submicron GaAs Schottky-Barrier Diodes

      H.-W. Hübers, T.W. Crowe, G. Lundershausen, W.C.B. Peatman, H.P. Röser

    • Measurement and Study of the Embedding Impedance Presented by the Whisker Antenna of a Schottky Diode Corner Cube Mixer

      C.M. Mann, T. Suzuki, J.J. Chang, T. Nozokido, Y. Kuwano, and K. Mizuno

    • 0.5 THz SIS Receiver with Twin junction Tuning Circuit

      V.Yu. Belitsky, S.W. Jacobsson, L.V. Filippenko, S.A. Kovtonjuk, V.P. Koshelets, and E.L. Kollberg

12. Session 11: Josephson Effect & Novel Devices II, Chair: Harold Fetterman

    • Response of Ramp-Type High-T_c Josephson Junctions to Near Millimeter-Wave Radiation

      R. Gupta, Qing Hu, D. Terpstra, G.J. Gerritsma, and H. Rogalla

    • Terahertz Shapiro Steps in High Temperature SNS Josephson Junctions

      P.A. Rosenthal and E.N. Grossman

    • Electron Bolometric Mixers for the THz Region

      K.S. Yngvesson, J.-X. Yang, F. Agahi, R. Brasco, D. Dai, J. Li, W. Grammer, C. Musante, M.A. Tischler, and K.M. Lau

    • Low Noise, Superconducting Hot-Electron Microbolometer Mixer for Heterodyne Detection at 0.5 to 2 THz with Gigahertz IF Bandwidth

      Daniel E. Prober

    • THz Sources Based on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells and Strained Layers

      A. Afzali-Kushaa, G.I. Haddad, and T.B. Norris

13. Session 12: Novel Devices, Chair: Margaret Frerking

    • Optical Performance of Photoinductive Mixers at Terahertz Frequencies

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

    • A Novel Submillimeter-Wave Detector Using Quantum Point Contacts

      Qing Hu, R.A. Wyss, c.c. Eugster, J.A. del Alamo, S. Feng, M.J. Rooks, and M.R Melloch

    • Hot Electron Superconductive Mixers

      E.M. Gershenzon, G.N. Gol'tsman

    • Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Electron-Heating Bolometer

      G.N. Gol'tsman, A.I. Elant'iev, B.S. Karasik, and E.M. Gershenzon

14. Session 13: SIS Receivers III, Chair: Anti Räisänen

    • A Superconducting Mixer Tuned by the Quantum Susceptance

      N.G. Ugras, A.H. Worsham, D. Winkler, D.E. Prober

    • SIS Mixers using Endfire and Broadside Double Dipole Antennas at 435 and 480 GHz

      A. Skalare, M.M.T.M. Dierichs, J. Mees, H. van de Stadt, R.A. Panhuyzen, Th. de Graauw, T.M. Klapwijk

    • Broadband Quasioptical SIS Mixers with Large Area Junctions

      G. Pance and M.J. Wengler

    • A Planar SIS Receiver with Logperiodic Antenna for Submillimeter Wavelengths

      F. Schäfer, E. Kreysa, T. Lehnert, and K.H. Gundlach

    • Numerical and Scale Modelling of a Broadband Waveguide-to-Microstrip Coupling Structure for a 100 GHz SIS Mixer

      Guillermo F. Delgado, Joakim F. Johansson, and Nicholas D. Whyborn

    • Integration of SIS Mixers, Superconducting Local Oscillators and Other Elements into Receiver Chips for 100-700 GHz

      A.N. Vystavkin, V.Yu. Belitsky, V.K. Kaplunenko, V.P. Koshelets, S.A. Kovtonyuk, G.V. Prokopenko, A.V. Shchukin, S.V. Shitov, M.A. Tarasov

    • First Results from a Small Bolometer-Array on the IRAM 30-m Telescope at 250 GHz

      E. Kreysa, E.E. Haller, H.-P. Gemünd, C.G.T. Haslam, R. Lemke, A.W. Sievers

    • Wide Band Fixed Tuned and Tuneable SIS Mixers for 230 GHz and 345 GHz Receivers

      This paper is not listed in the Table of Contents from the Proceedings and has the same title as the second, shorter paper in Session 1 by the same authors. Since it is included at the end of the Proceedings, it is posted here within the online TOC.

      A Karpov, M. Carter, B. Lazareff, M. Voss, D. Billon-Pierron, K.H. Gundlach

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