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1995 Table of Contents

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 21-23, 1995

Beckman Institute Auditorium, California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

1. Opening Session, Chair: Jonas Zmuidzinas

   • Welcoming Remarks - not available in the Proceedings

     Carl Kukkonen

   • The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS): Current Status - not available in the Proceedings

     G. Melnick

   • SOFIA: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - not available in the Proceedings

     E. Erickson

2. Session 1: Diodes and Receivers, Chairs: Tom Crowe & Robert Mattauch

   • 2.5 THz Airborne Heterodyne System for Measurement of Stratospheric OH

     R. Titz, M. Birk, D. Hausamann, R. Nitsche, F. Schreier, J. Urban, H. Küllmann, and H.P. Röser

   • A Novel Micron-Thick Whisker Contacted Schottky Diode Chip

     A. Simon, A. Grüb, M. Rodriguez-Gironés, H.L. Hartnagel, J. Brune, M. Raum, H. Brand, and R. Zimmermann

   • An All-Solid-State - 1 THz - Radiometer For Space Applications

     Rüdiger Zimmermann, Thomas Rose, Thomas Crowe, and Thomas W. Grein

   • A Practical Schottky Mixer for 5 THz

     A. L. Betz and R. T. Boreiko

   • The Design, Construction and Evaluation of a 585 GHz Planar Schottky Mixer

     Jeffrey L. Hesler, Thomas W. Crowe, Richard F. Bradley, Shing-Kuo Pan, and Goutam Chattopadhyay

   • Low-Noise MOVPE-Grown Planar InGaAs Mixer Diodes

     P. Marsh, D. Pavlidis, and H. Kong

   • Electrolytic Deposition Techniques for the Fabrication of Submicron Anodes

     A. Grüb, C.I. Lin, and H.L. Hartnagel

3. Session 2: SIS Receivers I, Chairs: Ray Blundell & Karl Jacobs

   • A 1 THz Nb SIS Heterodyne Mixer With Normal Metal Tuning Structure.

     H. Van de Stadt, A. Baryshev, P. Dieleman, Th. de Graauw, T.M. Klapwijk, S. Kovtonyuk, G. de Lange, I. Lapitskaya, J. Mees, R.A. Panhuyzen, G. Prokopenko, H. Schaeffer

   • An 800 GHzSIS Mixer Using Nb-Al₂O₃-Nb SIS Junctions

     C. E. Honingh, K. Jacobs, D. Hottgenroth, and S. Haas

   • The Development of an 850 GHz Waveguide Receiver using Tuned SIS Junctions on 1µm Si₃N₄ Membranes.

     J.W. Kooi, M.S. Chan, M.Bin, Bruce Bumble, H.G. LeDuc, C.K. Walker, and T.G. Phillips

   • Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Nb-Based Tuning Circuits for THz SIS Mixers

     V. Yu. Belitsky, S.W. Jacobsson, L.V. Filippenko, E.L. Kollberg

   • NbN Mixers and Tuning Circuits for 630 GHz: Design and Preliminary Measurements

     M. Salez, J.A. Stern, W.R. McGrath, H.G. LeDuc, P. Febvrec

   • Noise Properties of a Mixer with SIS NbN Quasiparticle Tunnel Junctions.

     A. Karpov, B. Plathner, K.H. Gundlach, M. Aoyagi, S. Takada

   • A Fixed Tuned SIS Receiver for the 450 GHz Frequency Band

     R. Blundell, C.-Y.E. Tong, J.W. Barrett, J. Kawamura, R.L. Leombruno, S. Paine, D.C. Papa, X. Zhang, J.A. Stern, H.G. LeDuc, and B. Bumble

   • An Integrated SIS Mixer and HEMT IF Amplifier

     S. Padin, D.P. Woody, J.A. Stern, H.G. LeDuc, R. Blundell, C.-Y.E. Tong, and M.W. Pospieszalski

   • On using the shot noise in SIS tunnel junctions for characterizing IF amplifiers

     David Woody, Steve Padin, Henry LeDuc, and Jeff Stern

4. Session 3: New Submillimeter Observatories, Chair: Jonas Zmuidzinas

   • Installation of the Antarctic Sub-mm Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

     Antony A. Stark

   • The Submillimeter Telescope Observatory (SMTO): Current Status (presentation only)

     Robert Martin

   • HHT Instrumentation - Present and Future

     Rolf Glisten and Nigel Keen

5. Session 4: Local Oscillator Sources, Chairs: Neal Erickson & Steve Jones

   • Tunable p-Ge Laser in the Frequency Range from 1 to 4.5 THz

     E. Bründermann and H.P. Röser

   • InP Gunn Devices and GaAs TUNNETT Diodes as Low-Noise High-Performance Local Oscillators in Fundamental Mode

     H. Eisele and G. I. Haddad

   • 115-145 GHz Stable Depletion Layer Second-Harmonic Transferred Electron Oscillators

     M.F. Zybura, S.H. Jones, J.E. Carlstrom, and J.D. Crowley

   • 345 GHz Radiation from a Quasioptical Josephson Oscillator

     Michael J. Wengler, Boran Guan, and Elie K. Track

   • A Waveguide Tripler for 720-880 GHz

     Neal R. Erickson, Jussi Tuovinen

   • Terahertz Grid Frequency Doublers

     Jung-Chih Chiao, Andrea Markelz, Yongjun Li, Jonathan Hacker, Thomas Crowe, James Allen, and David Rutledge

   • Effect of the Increased Number of Diodes on the Performance of Oscillators with Series-Connected Tunnel Diodes

     Olga Boric-Lubecke, Dee-Son Pan, and Tatsuo ltoh

6. Session 5: Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers, Chair: Tony Kerr & Rob McGrath

   • Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers for Submillimeter Wavelengths: An Overview of Recent Developments

     William R. McGrath

   • Analysis of the Noise Performance of a Hot-Electron Superconducting Bolometer Mixer

     B. S. Karasik and A.I. Elantev

   • Performances of Hot-Electron Superconducting Mixer for Frequencies Less than the Gap Energy: NbN Mixer for 100 GHz Operation

     O. Okunev, A. Dzardanov, G. Gol'tsman, and E. Gershenov

   • NbN Hot-electron Mixer Measurements At 200 GHz

     J. Kawamura, R. Blundell, C.-Y.E. Tong, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon, B. Vorinov

   • Noise Temperature and IF Bandwidth of a 530 GHz Diffusion-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer

     A. Skalare, W. McGrath, B. Bumble, H.G. Leduc, P.J. Burke, A.A. Verheijen, and D. E. Prober

   • Noise Temperature of NbN Hot-Electron Quasioptical Superconducting Mixer in 200-700 GHz Range

     G.N. Gol'tsman, B.S. Karasik, S.I. Svechnikov, E.M. Gershenzon, H. Eskström, and E. Kollberg

   • 350 GHz NbN Hot Electron Bolometer Mixer

     H. Elkström, B. Karasik, E. Kollberg, G. Gol'tsman, and E. Gershenzon

   • Hot Electron Detection and Mixing Experiments in NbN at 119 Micrometer Wavelength

     E. Gerecht, C.F. Musante, R. Schuch, C.R. Lutz Jr., K.S. Yngvesson, E.R. Mueller, J. Waldman, G.N. Gol'tsman, B.M. Voronov, and E.M. Gershenzon

7. Session 6: SIS Receivers II, Chair: Dave Woody & Rick LeDuc

   • Analytical Treatment and Optimum Parameters for DSB SIS Receivers

     Pascal Febvre

   • A Fixed Tuned Low Noise SIS Receiver For The 600 GHz Frequency Band

     C.-Y.E. Tong, R. Blundell, D.C. Papa, J. W. Barnett, S. Paine, X. Zhang, J.A. Stern, and H.G. LeDuc

   • Design and Characterization of Two-Junction Tuning Circuits for Submillimeter SIS Mixers

     M.C. Gaidis, M. Bin, D. Miller, J. Zmuidzinas, H.G. LeDuc, J.A. Stern

   • A Circular Waveguide SIS Receiver for 600-720 GHz

     P. A. Jaminet, J.A. Stern, H.G. LeDuc, C.-Y.E. Tong, S. Shepard, J. Kawamura, X. Zhang

   • A Superconducting Planar Integrated Receiver for the Frequency Range 430-480 GHz

     S. V. Shitov, V. P. Koshelets, A. M. Baryshev, I. L. Lapitskaya, L. V. Filippenko, Th. de Graauw, H. Schaeffer, H. van de Stadt, and W. Luinge

   • A 16-Element SIS-Receiver for 455 - 495 GHz for the Heinrich Hertz Telescope

     M. A. Scherschel, G.A. Ediss, R. Güsten, K.H. Gundlach, H. Hauschildt, C. Kasemann, A. Korn, D. Maier, and G. Schneider

   • Low noise mixer with the Nb-Al Oxide-Al-Nb tunnel junctions for a multibeam 345 GHz Receiver

     A. Karpov, D. Maier, J. Blondel, B. Lazareff, K.H. Gundlach

   • 180-500 GHz Low Noise SIS Waveguide Receivers Employing Tuned Nb/AlO_x/Nb Tunnel Junctions

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

8. Session 7: Varactor Devices, Chair: Antti Räisänen

   • A Self-Biased Anti-parallel Planar Varactor Diode

     Neal R. Erickson

   • Monolithic Nonlinear Transmission Line

     W-M. Zhang, Xiaohui Qin, F. Jiang, G. Song, Y. Li, C.W. Domier, and N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

   • 60 GHz Monolithic Schottky Varactor Transmission Beam Switching Array

     Xiaohui Qin, W-M. Zhang, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., W. Berk, S. Duncan, and D.W. Tu

9. Session 8: Optics, Antennas, and Micromachining, Chair: Peter Siegel

   • Micromachined Millimeter-wave SIS-mixers

     Gert de Lange, Brian R. Jacobson, Arifur Rahman, and Qing Hu

   • Integrated Silicon Micromachined Waveguide Circuits for Submillimeter Wave Applications

     John A. Wright, Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, Yu-Chong Tai, William R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H. LeDuc

   • Tolerance Analysis of a 500 GHz Amplitude Hologram

     Taavi Hirvonen, Jussi Tuovinen, Antti Räisänen

   • Off-Axis Beam Patterns of Extended-Hemispherical Dielectric Lens Antennas: Theory and Experiment at 250 GHz

     Gildas Gauthier, Daniel Filipovic, Sanjay Raman, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

10. Session 9: Varactor Device Theory, Chair: Margaret Frerking

    • Effect of voltage modulation on the shape of the depeletion layer of a submillimeter wave Schottky varactor

      Jyrki T. Louhi and Antti V. Räisänen

    • Self-Consistent Physics-Based Numerical Device/Harmonic-Balance Circuit Analysis of Heterostructure Barrier and Schottky Barrier Varactors Including Thermal Effects

      J. R. Jones, S. H. Jones, and G. B. Tait

    • Monte Carlo Simulation of Schottky Barrier Mixers and Varactors

      J. East

    • Submicron Schottky-Collector AlAs/InGaAs Resonant Tunnel Diodes

      S.C. Martin, R.E. Muller, K. Nummila, R.P. Smith, M. Reddy, M.J. Mondry, M.J. W. Rodwell, D. H. Chow, and J. N. Schulman

11. Participants

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