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1997 Table of Contents

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 25 - 27, 1997

Harvard University Science Center

Cambridge, Massachusetts

1. Opening Session, Chair: Raymond Blundell

   • Welcome and Introduction

     Carl Kukkonen

   • Submillimeter Astronomy - The Next Steps

     K. Menten (talk only, no paper published in the Proceedings)

2. Session 1 HEB 1, Chair: Anthony Kerr

   • Phonon-Cooled NbN HEB Mixers for Submillimeter Wavelengths

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

   • Phonon-cooled ultra thin NbN hot electron bolometer mixers at 620 GHz

     H. Ekström, E. Kollberg, P. Yagoubov, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon, S. Yngvesson

   • Superconducting Transition and Heterodyne Performance at 730 GHz of a Diffusion-cooled Nb Hot-electron Bolometer Mixer

     J.R. Gao, M.E. Glastra, R.H. Heeres, W. Hulshoff, D. Wilms Floet, H. van de Stadt, T. M. Klapwijk, and Th. de Graauw

   • Noise and RF Bandwidth Measurements of a 1.2 THz HEB Heterodyne Receiver

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

   • A Low-Noise Superconductive Nb Hot-Electron Mixer at 2.5 THz

     B.S. Karasik, M.C. Gaidis, W.R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc

   • Conversion Loss of a Resistive State Superconducting Mixer

     Orest Vendik, Erik Kollberg

3. Session 2: SIS I, Chair: Erik Kollberg

   • Analysis of the Bandwidth Performance of SIS Mixers with Distributed Junction Arrays

     Sheng-Cai Shi, Takashi Noguchi, and Junji Inatani

   • Numerical Modeling of the Quasiparticle Non-Linear Transmission Line

     C. -Y. Edward Tong, Linda Chen, and Raymond Blundell

   • Determining input loss in SIS receivers

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

   • Receiver Noise Temperature, the Quantum Noise Limit, and the Role of the Zero-Point Fluctuations

     A.R. Kerr, M.J. Feldman, S.-K. Pan

4. Session 3: Sources I, Chair: Tom Crowe

   • Second-Harmonic Broad-Band 60-200 GHz InP Transferred Electron Device and Oscillators

     S.H. Jones, M.F. Zybura, J.E. Carlstrom, T. O'Brien

   • Why Don't Back-to-Back Abrupt Junction Frequency Triplers Work?

     R.F. Bradley, A.R. Kerr, N.R. Erikson

   • Wideband Fixed-Tuned Millimeter and Submillimeter-Wave Frequency Multipliers

     N.R. Erikson

   • Monolithic Schottky-Collector Resonant Tunnel Diode Oscillator Arrays to 650 GHz

     M. Reddy, S.C. Martin, A.C. Molnar, R.E. Muller, R.P. Smith, P.H. Siegel, M.J. Mondry, M.J.W. Rodwell, S.J. Allen Jr.

   • Fiber-Coupled Photomixers Operating at Cryogenic Temperatures

     S. Verghese, K.A. McIntosh, E.R. Brown

5. Session 4: Semiconductors, Chair: Neal Erickson

   • Accurate Circuit and Device Equations for Designing 50-600 GHz GaAs Schottky Diode Varactor Frequency Doublers

     R.E. Lipsey, S.H. Jones, T.W. Crowe

   • Fabrication and Optimisation of Planar Schottky Diodes

     A Simon, C.I. Lin, H.L. Hartnagel, P. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann

   • Advances in Submillimeter Wave Semiconductor-Based Device Designs and Processes at JPL

     R. Peter Smith, Suzanne C. Martin, Moonil Kim, Jean Bruston, Dexter Humphrey, Neal Erickson, Peter H. Seigel

   • Fixed-Tuned Submillimeter Waveguide Multipliers Using MMIC Technology

     Jean Bruston, R. Peter Smith, Suzanne C. Martin, Andrew Pease, Moonil Kim, Peter H. Seigel

   • Planar GaAs Schottky Barrier Diodes

     Steven M. Marazita, William L. Bishop, Thomas M. Cunningham, Phillip J. Koh, Thomas W. Crowe, and Robert M. Weikle, II

   • Substrateless Schottky Diodes for THz Applications

     C.I. Lin, A Simon, M. Rodriguez-Gironés, H.L. Hartnagel, P. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann

6. Session 5: HEB II, Chair: Rob McGrath

   • Fabrication of High-T_c Hot-Electron Bolometric Mixers for Submillimeter Heterodyne Applications

     M.J. Burns, A.W. Kleinsasser, B. Karasik, M. Gaidis, W.R. McGrath

   • Large bandwidth of NbN phonon-cooled hot-electron bolometer mixers on sapphire substrates

     S. Cherednichenko, P. Yagoubov, K. Il'in, G. Gol'tsman, E. Gershenzon

   • NbN Hot Electron Bolometric Mixer for 2.5 THz: The Phonon Cooled Version

     E. Gerecht, C.F. Musante, Z. Wang, K.S. Yngvesson, J. Waldman, G.N. Golts'man, P.A Yagoubov, S.I. Svechnikov, B.M. Voronov, S.I. Cherednichenko, E.M. Gershenzon

   • Noise-Bandwidth of Diffusion Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometers

     Peter J. Burke, R.J. Schoelkopf, D.E. Prober, 4:13 PM 6/3/2009A. Skalare, W.R. McGrath, B. Karasik, M. Gaidis, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc

7. Session 6: SIS II, Chair: Marc Feldman

   • A Submillimeter SIS Receiver Cooled by a Compact Stirling-JT Refrigerator

     J. Inatani, T. Noguchi, S.C. Shi, K. Miyazawa, H. Masuko, S. Ochiai, Y. Irimajiri, M. Kyoya, K. Narasaki, S. Tsunematsu, M. Murakami, and D. Okamoto

   • Study of a Quasioptical Superconducting Integrated Receiver for Imaging Applications at 400- 700 GHz

     Sergey V. Shitov, Valery P. Koshelets, Andrey M. Baryshev, Lyudmila V. Filippenko, Willem Luinge, Jian-Rong Gao, and Petri Lehikoinen

   • Performance limitations of NbN SIS junctions with Al striplines at 600 - 850 GHz

     P. Dieleman, T.M. Klapwijk, H. van de Stadt, M. Schicke, B. Plathner, and K.H. Gundlach

   • All-NbN Quasi-Optical SIS Mixers at Terahertz Frequencies

     Yoshinori Uzawa, Zhen Wang, and Akira Kawakami

   • Low-Loss NbTiN Films for THz SIS Mixer Tuning Circuits

     J.W. Kooi, J.A. Stern, G. Chattopadhyay, H.G. LeDuc, B. Bumble, J. Zmuidzinas

8. Session 7: Waveguide Devices, Chair: Edward Tong

   • Design, Analysis and Scale Model Testing of Fixed-Tuned Broadband Waveguide to Microstrip Transitions

     J.L. Hesler, K. Hui, R.M. Weikle II, and T.W. Crowe

   • An Investigation of the Input Impedance of a Microstrip Probe in Waveguide.

     S. Withington and G. Yassin

   • Electromagnetic Analysis of Finline Mixers

     G. Yassin, S. Withington, and R. Padman

   • Injection Locked 100 GHz LO Network, For A 32 Channel 220 GHz Imaging Array

     Israel Galin, David S. Zacharias

   • Laser Micromachining of Silicon: A New Technique for Fabricating High Quality Terahertz Waveguide Components

     C.K. Walker, G. Narayanan, H. Knoepfle, J. Capara, J. Glenn, A. Hungerford, T.M. Bloomstein, S.T. Palmacci, M.B. Stern, and J .E. Curtin

   • Inexpensive Receiver Components for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths

     Thomas W. Crowe, Philip J. Koh, William L. Bishop, Chris M. Mann, Jeffrey L. Hesler, Robert M. Weikle II, Perry A.D. Wood, and David Matheson

9. Session 8: Sources II, Chair: Jacob Kooi

   • The Complete Analysis of a 91.33 to 274 GHz Schottky Barrier Varactor Frequency Tripler

     R.E. Lipsey, C. Mann, S.H. Jones, J. Thornton

   • Power and Spatial Mode Measurements of a Sideband Generator Submillimeter-Wave Source

     Eric R. Mueller, Jerry Waldman, W.E. Nixon

   • Terahertz Emission from p-Type Germanium Lasers Doped with Novel Acceptors

     O.D. Dubon, D.R. Chamberlin, W.L. Hansen, E.E. Haller, L.A. Reichertz, G. Sirmain, E. Bründermann, A.M. Linhart, and H.P. Röser

   • Tunable THz-laser for applications in FIR astronomy

     E. Bründermann, A.M. Linhart, L.A. Reichertz, G. Sirmain, H.P. Röser, O.D. Dubon, D.R. Chamberlin, W. L. Hansen, and E.E. Haller

   • Investigations of High-Resistivity, Undoped GaP Crystal for Quasi-Phasematched Difference Frequency Generation to Produce Terahertz Frequency Local Oscillators

     Gregory S. Herman, Stephen P. Sandford

10. Session 9: Optics, Chair: Scott Paine

    • Investigation of Surface Profiles of a Reflector from Near-field Beam Measurements

      M.T. Chen, and C.E. Tong

    • Modal Analysis of Partially-Coherent Submillimetre-Wave Quasioptical Systems

      S. Withington and J.A. Murphy

    • Gaussian Beam Mode Analysis of Imaging Arrays

      J.A. Murphy and S. Withington

    • LO Beam Array Generation at 480 GHz by Use of Phase Gratings

      T. Klein, G.A Ediss, R. Güsten, H. Hauschildt, C. Kasemann

    • Hologram CATR for MM and SubMM-Wavelengths: A Progress Report

      T. Hirvonen, P. Piironen, J. Ala-Laurinaho, A. Lehto, A.V. Räisänen

11. Session 10: Receivers, Chair: David Woody

    • The IRAM 230 GHz Multibeam SIS Receiver

      K.F. Schuster, J. Blondel, M. Carter, A. Karpov, J. Lamb, B. Lazareff, F. Mattiocco, S. Navarro, J.-L. Pollet

    • A Superconducting Sub-millimeter Wave Limb Emission Sounder (SMILES) on the Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) of the Space Station for Observing Trace Gases in the Middle Atmosphere

      Harunobu Masuko, Satoshi Ochiai, Yoshihisa Irimajiri, Junji Inatani, Takashi Noguchi, Yukiei Iida, Naomi Ikeda, and Noritaka Tanioka

    • Development of a 170-210 GHz 3 ×3 Micromachined SIS Imaging Array

      Gert de Lange, Qing Hu, Howard Huang, and Arthur W. Lichtenberger

    • Preliminary Design of a 650 GHz Subharmonically Pumped Mixer with Quasi-Vertical Schottky Diodes

      Ville S. Möttönen, Jian Zhang, Petri V. Piironen, Jyrki T. Louhi. Arto O. Lehto, Ansgar Simon, Chih-I. Lin, and Antti V. Räisänen

12. Session 11: Detectors, Chair: Sigfrid Yngvesson

    • BIB Photoconductive Mixers

      A.L. Betz and R.T. Boreiko

    • The Single-Mode Monolithic Silicon Bolometer as an Ultrasensitive Detector for Millimeter Wavelengths

      Khurram Farooqui, Joshua O. Gundersen, Peter T. Timbie, Grant W. Wilson, Jun-Wei Zhou, Christine A. Allen. Tina C. Chen. S. Harvey Moseley, and D. Brent Mott

    • Waveguide Coupled Bolometers

      Jeffrey B. Peterson, David Osterman

    • Mixing Experiments at W-Band Using High-TC Josephson Junctions

      O. Harnack, M. Darula, S. Beuven, B. Kohlstedt

13. Session 12: Late Papers, Chair: Raymond Blundell

    • A quasioptical SIS receiver with normal metal tuning for the 800-900 GHz band

      F. Schäfer, P. van der Wal, E. Kreysa, K.H. Gundlach

    • SIS Junction As a Direct Detector at 850 µm Wavelength

      A. Karpov, J. Blondel, M. Voss, K.B. Gundlach

14. Authors and Registered Participants

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