Far-ir heterodyne radiometric measurements with quasioptical Schottky diode mixers
Applied Physics Letters1978Vol. 33(2), pp. 151–154
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Abstract
We have made heterodyne radiometric measurements with GaAs Schottky diode mixers, mounted in a corner-reflector configuration, over the spectral range 170 μm to 1 mm. At 400 μm, system noise temperatures of 9700 K DSB (NEP=1.4×10−19 W/Hz) and mixer noise temperatures of 5900 K have been achieved. This same quasioptical mixer has also been used to generate 10−7 W of tunable radiation suitable for spectroscopic applications.
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