A Heterodyne Receiver for the Submillimeter Wavelength Region Based on Cyclotron Resonance in InSb at Low Temperatures

Elliott R. Brown; Jocelyn Keene; T. G. Phillips

doi:10.1007/BF01019856

A Heterodyne Receiver for the Submillimeter Wavelength Region Based on Cyclotron Resonance in InSb at Low Temperatures

Elliott R. Brown, Jocelyn Keene, T. G. Phillips

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Abstract

A new heterodyne receiver has been developed for the submillimeter wavelength region. The mixing element is liquid helium cooled bulk n-InSb in a quantizing magnetic field. The value of the magnetic induction is such that the detector photoresponse is dominated by cyclotron-resonance absorption. Laboratory tests have yielded double-sideband receiver noise temperatures of 250 K at 492 GHz, 350 K at 625 GHz and 510 K at 812 GHz. The magnetic induction for these tests was ≈2.5 KG and the mixer operating temperature was ≈1.6 K.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1121-1138
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01019856
State	Published - Nov 1985
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Radiation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

cyclotron resonance
heterodyne detection
InSb
submillimeter wave

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A Heterodyne Receiver for the Submillimeter Wavelength Region Based on Cyclotron Resonance in InSb at Low Temperatures

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