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THIRTY-FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 8-11, 2020

Tempe, Arizona

1. Invited Talk

   • The Gal/Xgal Ultra-Long Duration Balloon-borne Spectroscopic THz Observatory (GUSTO)

     Christopher Walker, Craig Kulesa, Paul Goldsmith

2. Session I: Suborbital, Chair: Chris Groppi

   • First Flight of an Almost All-CMOS 183 GHz Limb-Sounding Spectrometer System Aboard the ReckTangLE Ballooncraft

     Adrian Tang, Deacon Nemchick, Maria Alonso, Goutam Chattopadhyay, Theodore Reck, Yan Zhang, Yanghyo Kim, Mau-Chung Frank Chang

   • The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM): Far-infrared Balloon Mission for Spectroscopic Galaxy Evolution Studies

     Reinier Janssen, James Aguirre, Peter Barry, Justin Bracks, Matt Bradford, Bruce Bumble, Anthony Corso, Jeff Filippini, Chris Groppi, Dan Marrone, Matthieu Bethermin, Tzu-Ching Chang, Mark Devlin, Olivier Dore, Jianyang Fu, Steve Hailey-Dunsheath, Jonathan Hoh, Gilbert Holder, Garrett Keating, Rick LeDuc, Ryan Keenan, Ely Kovetz, Guilaine Lagache, Lunjun Liu, Hamdi Mani, Justin Mathewson, Rong Nie, Phil Mauskopf, Desika Narayanan, Gergo Popping, Joseph Redford, Erik Shirokoff, Adrian Sinclair, Rachel Somerville, Isaac Trumper, Matt Underhill, Bade Uzgil, Joaquin Vieira, Jonas Zmuidzinas

   • In-flight Performance of the BLAST-TNG Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays and Readout Electronics

     Philip Mauskopf, Christopher Groppi

   • ASTHROS - Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High-Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-waves: Mission Overview and Development Status

     Jose V. Siles, Jorge Pineda, Jonathan Kawamura, Christopher Groppi, Pietro Bernasconi, Joshua Gundersen, Paul Goldsmith

3. Session II: Missions and Concepts, Chair: Jose Siles

   • THz Space Mission to Probe the Trail of Water

     Paul Goldsmith, Dariusz Lis, Jon Kawamura, Jose Siles, Youngmin Seo

   • The SAFARI far-IR Spectrometer for SPICA

     Willem Jellema, Pieter Dieleman, Peter Roelfsema

   • Submillimeter Wave Differntial Absorption Radar For Water Vapor Sounding In The Martial Atmosphere

     Omkar Pradhan, Ken Cooper, Leslie Tampari, Brian Drouin, Raquel Monje, Richard Roy, Jose Siles, Corey Cochrane

   • Millimetron Space Observatory Mission Development

     Andrey Baryshev, Andrey Smirnov, Evgeny Golubev, Mikhail Arkhipov, Elena Filina, Victor Pyshnov, Nelly Myshonkova, Sergey Fedorchuk, Igor Vinogradov, Thijs Graauw De, Sergey Likhachev

4. Invited Talk

   • Submillimeter Wave Power Generation with InP HEMT Technology

     Bill Deal

5. Session III: Schottky Diode and CMOS receivers, Chair: Imran Mehdi

   • Technology Roadmap for the HEterodyne Receiver for Origins (HERO)

     Martina Wiedner

   • High-Sensitivity Terahertz Detection Module (HSTDM) onboard China's Space Station

     Sheng-Cai Shi

   • A Single Sideband 530-600 GHz Integrated Receiver Utilizing Tunable Waveguide Filters

     Theodore Reck, Daniel Koller, Jeffrey Hesler, Eric Bryerton

   • MetOp-SG Ice Cloud Imager 183-664 GHz Front-End Engineering and Qualification Model Test Results

     Patrick Pütz, Bertrand Thomas, Michael Brandt, Guido Sonnabend, Tobias Stangier, Pia Krause, Ralf Henneberger, Monica Trasatti, Martin Philipp, Andreas Kilian, Hugh Gibson, Simon Rea, Hui Wang, Manu Henry, Chris Howe, Kai Parow-Souchon, Brian Moyna, Brian Ellison, Ana Andrés-Beivide, Marc Bergada, Noelia Alcaraz, Jaione Martinez, Michael Gotsmann, Ulf Klein

   • 180 GHz CMOS Pulsed Transmitter and Heterodyne Receiver Pair for in-situ Chemical Detections

     Deacon Nemchick, Brian Drouin, Adrian Tang, Yanghyo Kim, Maria Alonso, M.C. Frank Chang

   • Integrated Silicon Platform for Co-planar Design of Vertically Stacked 2.06 THz Mixer Module

     Christine Chen

6. Invited Talk

   • FIR Astrophysics in the US

     Kartik Sheth

7. Session IV: Novel Devices, Chair: Boris Karasik

   • Heterodyne Receiving with Frequency Combs: Towards Simultaneous Ultrabroadband Spectroscopy

     David Burghoff

   • Wideband Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Millimeter-wave Instruments

     Peter Day, Nikita Klimovich, Byeongho Eom, Henry Leduc

   • Mixing with Y-Ba-Cu-O Josephson Junctions Fabricated with Focused Helium Ion Beam Irradiation

     Anthony Cortez, Ethan Cho, Hao Li, Daniel Cunnane, Boris Karasik, Shane Cybart

   • Low-power consumption THz quantum-cascade VECSEL using patch-based metasurface

     Christopher Curwen, John Reno, Benjamin Williams

   • Design Study for Optimal Performance of Tunable Antenna-Coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Mixer

     Changyun Yoo, Jonathan Kawamura, Kenneth West, Loren Pfeiffer, Boris Karasik, Mark Sherwin

   • NOEMA Heterodyne Receivers Performance and Tuning Optimization

     Christophe Risacher

8. Session V: THz sources, Chair: H.W. Huebers

   • Development and Testing of the 1.46 THz and 1.9 THz GUSTO Flight-Model Local Oscillator Arrays

     Jeffrey Hesler, Thomas Crowe, Cliff Rowland, Stephen Retzloff, Corey Gardner, Silvio Mancone, Ben Swartz

   • Compact Multi-Pixel Frequency Multiplied Local Oscillator Sources for Wideband Array Receivers in the 200-600 GHz & 1.4-2.7 THz Ranges

     Jose V. Siles, Jonathan Kawamura, Robert Lin, Choonsup Lee, Alain Maestrini, Darren Hayton, Ken Cooper, Maria Alonso del Pino, Imran Mehdi

   • Stabilization of Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers by Near-Infrared Optical Excitation

     Martin Wienold, Tasmim Alam, Xiang Lü, Klaus Biermann, Lutz Schrottke, Holger T. Grahn, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

   • Advances in High-Power THz Sources

     Thomas Crowe, Steven Retzloff, Eric Bryerton, Jeffrey Hesler

9. Session VI: Spectrometers, Readouts, and IF electronics, Chair: Patricio Mena

   • Advancements in Millimeter-Wave Filter Bank Spectrometers

     Kyle Massingill, Sean Bryan, Christopher Groppi, Philip Mauskopf, Bianca Pina, Philip Rybak, Peter Wullen

   • Development of a Tone-Tracking Algorithm for Maximizing Dynamic Range of Kinetic Inductance Detectors

     Jonathan Hoh, Adrian Sinclair, Ryan Stephenson

   • Ultra-high Gain, Low Distortion Cryogenic Low-Noise Amplifier for Astronomical Purposes

     Justin Mathewson, Jonathan Hoh, Hamdi Mani

   • Characterization of Cryogenic Flexible Transmission Lines Designed for the GUSTO IF Harness

     Marko Neric, Thomas Mozdzen, Hamdi Mani, Christopher Groppi

10. Poster Session

    • A Novel WR1.0 Full Band Terahertz Frequency Quadrupler

      Fei Yang

    • Thermal Transport in Graphene-Based Hot Electron Bolometers with Different Electrode Contacts

      Wei Miao, Feiming Li, Hao Gao, Zheng Wang, Wen Zhang, Yuan Ren, Kangmin Zhou, Shengcai Shi, Cui Yu, Zezhao He, Qingbin Liu, Zhihong Feng

    • Development of a 350-GHz Dual-Polarization On-Chip Spectrometer

      Jing Li

    • Follow-up Experiments of the Gain and Noise IF Bandwidth for a Ni-NbN HEBM

      Yoshihisa Irimajiri, Akira Kawakami

    • A Full Octave-Band OMT for Millimetre-Wave Receivers

      Doug Henke

    • A Balloon-Borne Heterodyne Receiver for Atmospheric Studies of Atomic Oxygen

      Martin Wienold, Alexey Semenov, Heiko Richter, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

    • Research on High Precision Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Reflector Panels for Dome A 5m Terahertz Explorer

      Yuan Qian, Xufeng Hao, Hongtao Xu

    • Suppressing Cavity Resonances in High-Frequency Amplifiers with Metamaterial Structures

      David Monasterio, Nelson Castro, Francisco Pizarro, Patricio Mena

    • Modelling of Travelling-Wave Kinetic-Inductance Parametric Amplifiers Implemented with Artificial Transmission Lines

      Patricio Mena, Daniel Valenzuela

    • High Dynamic Range Josephson Travelling Wave Parametric Amplifier

      Kitti Ratter, Boon-Kok Tan

    • High Reflectance of Roughened Surface for the Integrating Sphere of SAFARI Calibration Source

      Ming-Jye Wang, Chun-Lun Wang, Chuang-Ping Chiu, Ting-Hang Pei

    • Mid-Infrared Multi-Beam Local Oscillator Source Based on a Fiber Coupled Quantum Cascade Laser

      Yuan Ren, Daixi Zhang, Zheng Wang, Kangmin Zhou, Jiaqiang Zhong, Dong Liu, Wei Miao, Wen Zhang, Shengcai Shi

    • Characterization System for SIS Frequency Converters based on Scalar Mixer Calibration Technique

      Takafumi Kojima, Yoshinori Uzawa, Wenlei Shan, Yuto Kozuki

    • Planar Silicon Metamaterial Lenses with Integrated Anti-Reflection Coatings for Frequencies Around 150 GHz

      Julie Jauk, Guoliang Wang, Victor Moreno, Magali Parioleau, Anne-Laure Fontana, Samuel Leclercq, Eduard Driessen

    • Development of Wideband Circular Polarizer in 70-118 GHz Band

      Sho Masui, Yutaka Hasegawa, Toshikazu Onishi, Hideo Ogawa, Satoshi Ochiai, Issei Watanabe

    • Preliminary Design of a Multibeam Receiver for the SMA

      John Garrett, Paul Grimes, Edward Tong

    • Performance of the SIS Terahertz Photon Detector

      Hajime Ezawa, Hiroshi Matsuo, Masahiro Ukibe, Go Fujii, Shigetomo Shiki

    • Waveguide Components for wSMA Frontends

      Lingzhen Zeng, C Edward Tong, Paul Grimes

    • Development of a Dual-Band Metamaterial Lens for Cubesat Water Observation

      Cassandra Whitton, Christopher Groppi, Philip Mauskopf, Jose Siles, Adrian Tang

    • Development of Readout Electronics for SIS Photon Counting Detectors

      Hiroshi Matsuo, Hajime Ezawa, Ryohei Noji, Saho Kawahara

    • High Power Amplifier Modules from 110 to 200 GHz

      Theodore Reck, Zach Griffith, Eric Bryerton

    • Reliability Study of THz Schottky Mixers and HBV Frequency Multipliers for Space Applications

      Vladimir Drakinskiy, Josip Vukusic, Daniel Heinerås, Peter Sobis, Vaclav Valenta, Marie-Genevieve Perichaud, Fernando Martinez Martin, Jan Stake

    • Tuning of Superconducting Ti and Ti/Au Bilayer Films for Transition-Edge Sensors

      Wen Zhang, Zheng Wang, Pei Zhan Li, Yue Gen, Jia Qiang Zhong, Wei Miao, Yuan Ren, Kang Ming Zhou, Qi Jun Yao, Sheng Cai Shi

    • A 200 GHz Cloud Radar Multiplexing Antenna

      Richard Wylde, Stuart Froud, Manju Henry, Peter Huggard, Duncan Robertson, Soe Min Tun, Hui Wang

    • 1 to 8 beam Distributor at 4.7 THz for GUSTO

      Behnam Mirzaei, Matvey Finkel, Jose Silva, Wouter Laauwen, Christopher Groppi, Ali Khalatpour, Qing Hu, Abram Young, Christopher Walker, Jian Rong Gao

    • Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Waveguide to Substrate Transition Based on Unilateral Substrateless Finline Structures

      Cristian Lopez, Vincent Desmaris, Denis Meledin, Alexey Pavolotsky, Victor Belitsky

    • Spline-Profile Diagonal Horn Transmitter at 104 GHz Suitable for LLAMA Observatory Holography Measurements

      Daniele Ronso Lima, Rocio Molina, Catalina Medina, Danilo Zanella, Ricardo Finger, Jacques Lepine, Andrey Baryshev

    • Design, Construction and Characterization of a Dichroic Filter for Dual-Band Observation with ALMA

      Daniel Montofre, Fausto Patricio Mena, Andrey Baryshev

    • Development of THz Superconducting HEB Receiver Systems for Balloons, Aircraft, SmallSats and Future Large Missions

      Jonathan Kawamura

    • Photo-Induced Coded-Aperture Terahertz Imaging using Mesa-Array Structures for Approaching Subwavelength Resolution

      Yijing Deng, Yu Shi, Jun Ren, Patrick Fay, Lei Liu

    • A 1.37 THz Waveguide-based 2 X 2 Beam Divider Fabricated by Two Microfabrication Technologies

      Haotian Zhu, Jerome Valentin, Thibaut Vacelet, Sylwester Bargiel, Samuel Queste, Laurent Robert, Djaffar Belharet, Etienne Herth, Yan Delorme, Martina Wiedner

    • Absorber Optimization Study for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM)

      Rong Nie, Reinier Janssen, Matt Bradford, Jeff Filippini, Steve Hailey-Dunsheath

    • Meissner Effect Transistor

      Siddhartha Sirsi, Christopher Walker

    • Design Concept of the W-Band Multibeam Receiver for the SRT

      Alessandro Navarrini, Luca Olmi, Renzo Nesti, Pasqualino Marongiu, Pierluigi Ortu, Luca Cresci, Andrea Orlati, Alessandro Scalambra, Alessandro Orfei

    • Developing High-Sensitivity Graphene Terahertz Detectors Through A High-Yield Nanofabrication Process

      Panagiotis Theofanopoulos, Georgios Trichopoulos

    • A Small Satellite with a Dual-Frequency Heterodyne Spectrometer for the Detection of Atomic Oxygen in the Atmosphere of Earth

      H Richter, J Hildebrandt, T Roth, M Lengowski, C Philpot, A Braukhane, T Delovski, M Wienold, S Klinkner, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

    • SuperSpec: On-Chip Direct-Detection Spectroscopy, Preparing for LMT Campaign

      Joe Redford, Steve Hailey-Dunsheath, H.G. (Rick) LeDuc, Reinier Janssen, C.M. (Matt) Bradford, Ryan McGeehan, Kirit Karkare, Erik Shirokoff, Pete Barry, Jordan Wheeler, Jason Glenn, Phil Mauskopf, Carole Tucker, Ryley Hill, Scott Chapman

11. Invited Talk

    • Steward Observatory's Radio Telescopes: Recent Advancements and Future Developments

      Alyson Ford

12. Session VII: Optics and Waveguide Components, Chair: Andrey Baryshev

    • 4 THz Beam Filter Based on a Back to Back Si-Lens System

      Yuner Gan, Behnam Mirzaei, Sebastiaan van der Poel, Jose Silva, Matvey Finkel, Martin Eggens, Marcel Ridder, Ali Khalatpour, Qing Hu, Floris van der Tak, Jian Rong Gao

    • Silicon Micromachined Receiver Calibration Switch for THz Frequencies

      Adrian Gomez Torrent, Umer Shah, Joachim Oberhammer

    • Characterization of Dielectric Material at 300 GHz for Vacuum Window Applications

      C. Edward Tong, Keara Carter, Jake Connors

    • Contactless Rotating MEMS Waveguide Switch for Water Detection at 557 GHz

      Sofia Rahiminejad, Cecile Jung-Kubiak, Mina Rais-Zadeh, Goutam Chattopadhyay

    • Receivers for the Wideband Submillimeter Array

      Paul Grimes, Raymond Blundell, Scott Paine, Edward Tong, Lingzhen Zeng

13. Session VIII: SIS Mixers and Receivers, Chair: Edward Tong

    • A Horn-Coupled 4-Beam Dual-Polarization Balanced SIS Mixer Based on Planar-integrated Circuits

      Wenlei Shan, Shohei Ezaki, Keiko Kaneko, Akihira Miyachi, Takafumi Kojima, Yoshinori Uzawa

    • Advanced Tuning Algorithms for High-Frequency SIS Mixers

      Ronald Hesper, Jan Barkhof, Andrey Baryshev, Tobias Vos, Giorgio Siringo, Neil Phillips, Pavel Yagoubov

    • Optics and Feed Design for the wSMA Receiver System

      Paul Grimes, Scott Paine, Lingzhen Zeng, Edward Tong

14. Invited Talk

    • The Evolution of Antenna Technology: Past, Present and Future

      Constantine Balanis

15. Session VIII: SIS Mixers and Receivers, cont.

    • Terahertz MgB2 HEB Mixers with a 13GHz Gain Bandwidth

      Narendra Acharya, Evgenii Novoselov, Sergey Cherednichenko

    • Experimental Characterization of the LO Heating Effect in THz SIS mixers

      Alessandro Traini, Boon-Kok Tan, Ghassan Yassin, John Garrett, Andrey Khudchenko, Ronald Hesper, Andrey Baryshev, Valery Koshelets

Participants

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