I. V. Pentin, A. V. Smirnov, S. A. Ryabchun, R. V. Ozhegov, G. N. Gol'tsman, V. L. Vaks, S. I. Pripolzin, D. G. Pavel'ev, Yu. I. Koschurinov, A. S. Ivanov, “Semiconducting superlattice as a solid-state terahertz local oscillator for NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers”, Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Volume 82, Issue 7,Pages <nobr>75

Solid-State Electronics

Semiconducting superlattice as a solid-state terahertz local oscillator for NbN hot-electron bolometer mixers

I. V. Pentin^a, A. V. Smirnov^a, S. A. Ryabchun^a, R. V. Ozhegov^a, G. N. Gol'tsman^a, V. L. Vaks^b, S. I. Pripolzin^b, D. G. Pavel'ev^c, Yu. I. Koschurinov^c, A. S. Ivanov^c

^a Moscow State Pedagogical University
^b Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod
^c Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Abstract: We present the results of our studies of the semiconducting superlattice (SSL) frequency multiplier and its application as part of the solid state local oscillator (LO) in the terahertz heterodyne receiver based on a NbN hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixer. We show that the SSL output power level increases as the ambient temperature is lowered to 4.2 K, the standard HEB operation temperature.

Received: 17.08.2011