{"title":"Quasiparticle Tunnel Junctions for MM-Wave Detection","authors":"K. Gundlach, S. Takada, M. Zahn, H. Hartfuss","doi":"10.1109/ICSWA.1981.9335106","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes preparation and properties of Pb/In-oxide-Pb(Bi) tunnel junctions for SIS quasiparticle mixer. The effect of repeated thermal cycling on the junction I-V characteristic has been investigated. The present laboratory model of a 70 GHz heterodyne receiver with these devices has a single sideband conversion efficiency just above the classical limit and a mixer noise temperature well below 100 K.","PeriodicalId":254777,"journal":{"name":"1981 International Conference on Submillimeter Waves and Their Applications","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1981-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1981 International Conference on Submillimeter Waves and Their Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSWA.1981.9335106","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The paper describes preparation and properties of Pb/In-oxide-Pb(Bi) tunnel junctions for SIS quasiparticle mixer. The effect of repeated thermal cycling on the junction I-V characteristic has been investigated. The present laboratory model of a 70 GHz heterodyne receiver with these devices has a single sideband conversion efficiency just above the classical limit and a mixer noise temperature well below 100 K.