Final Program of the 13th Int. Symposium on Space THz Technology

 

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Updated March 19, 2002.


      Day 1    (March 26, Tuesday)

8:00 - 9:00        Registration

9:00                 Welcome Speech


 

               Session 1    SIS I

9:10    A. Baryshev (SRON), E. Lauria (NRAO), R. Hesper, T. Zijlstra, W. Wild (Delft)

            Fixed-Tuned Waveguide 0.6 THz SIS Mixer with Wide Band IF

9:30    A.R. Kerr (NRAO)

            Saturation by Noise and CW Signals in SIS Mixers

9:50   C.E. Tong, R. Blundell, (CfA) K. Megerian, J. Stern, H.G. LeDuc (JPL)

          Quantum-limited Mixing in a Transformer-coupled SIS Resonator for the 600 GHz Frequency Band

10:10    A. Navarrini, B. Lazareff, D. Billon-Pierron, I. Péron (IRAM)

            Design and Characterization of 225 - 370 GHz DSB and 250 - 360 GHz SSB Full Height Waveguide SIS Mixers

 

10:30           Coffee Break
 

               Session 2        HEB I

10:50   W.F.M. Ganzevles, P. Yagoubov, W.J. Vreeling, J.R. Gao, T.M. Klapwijk, P.A.J. de Korte (Delft/SRON)

            Detailed Characterization of Quasi-optically Coupled Nb Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers in the 0.6 - 3 THz Range

11:10   H.F. Merkel, P. Khosropanah, S. Cherednichenko, A. Adam, E. Kollberg (Chalmers)

            A Model for the Optimum Performance of NbN HEB Mixers

11:30   D. Meledin, C.E. Tong, R. Blundell (CfA), N. Kaurova, B.Voronov, G. Gol'tsman (MSPU)

           Sensitivity and IF Bandwidth of Waveguide NbN Phonon-cooled HEB Mixers based on a Crystalline Quartz Substrate with an MgO Buffer Layer

11:50   E. Kollberg (Chalmers), S. Yngvesson (U Mass Amherst)

            Quantum Noise Contribution to the Receiver Noise Temperature of HEB THz Heterodyne Receivers

12:10   S. Cherednichenko, M. Kroug, P. Khosropanah, A. Adam, H. Merkel, E. Kollberg (Chalmers), D. Loudkov, B. Voronov, G. Gol'tsman (MSPU)

           A Broadband Terahertz Heterodyne Receiver with an NbN HEB Mixer

 

12:30   Lunch Break
 

           Session 3    Detectors

14:00    D.E. Prober, R.J. Schoelkopf, J. Teufel, M. Shen, K. Segall, (Yale) T.R. Stevenson, C.M. Stahle (NASA Goddard)

           Recent Progress on Photon-Counting Superconducting Detectors for Submillimeter Astronomy

14:20   A. Verevkin, W. Slysz, J. Zhang, R. Sobolewski (U Rochester), A. Lipatov, O. Okunev, G. Chulkova, A. Korneev, K. Smirnov, G.N. Gol'tsman (MSPU), A. Semenov (DLR)

            Spectral Sensitivity and Temporal Resolution of NbN Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors

14:40   B.S. Karasik, W.R. McGrath (JPL), A.V. Sergeev, V.V. Mitin (Wayne)

            Modeling of a Kinetic Inductance THz Mixer for Low-Background Applications

15:00   D.J. Benford, T.A. Ames, J.A. Chervenak, S.H. Moseley, R.A. Shafer, J.G. Staguhn, G.M. Voellmer (NASA Goddard), F. Pajot, C. Rioux (CNRS), T.G. Phillips (Caltech), B. Maffei (U Wales), K.D. Irwin (NIST)

            Broadband Direct Detection Submillimeter Spectrometer with Multiplexed Superconducting Transition Edge Thermometer

15:20   I. Siddiqi, D.E. Prober (Yale)

            Niobium-Gold Bi-layer HEB Mixers

 

15:40    Coffee Break
 

         Session 4        Systems

16:00   A.A. Stark, A.P. Lane, C.L. Martin (SAO), R.A. Chamberlin, J. Kooi (Caltech), C.K. Walker (U. Arizona)

            Terahertz Initiatives at the Antartic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

16:20   U.U. Graf, S. Heyminck, E.A. Michael, S. Stanko, C.E. Honingh, K, Jacobs, J. Stutzki (KOSMA, Cologne)

            SMART: The KOSMA Sub-Millimeter Array Receiver for Two Frequencies

16:40   P. Ade, J. Bock, P. DeBernardis, E. Chapin, M. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. Gunderson, M. Halpern, P. Hargrave, D. Hughes, J, Klein, C. Mactavish, G. Marsden, S. Masi, P. Mauskopf, B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, M. Rex, D. Scott, G. Tucker, M. Viero (U Penn & collaborating institutes)

            BLAST --- A New Balloon-Borne Submillimeter Telescope

17:00   R. Blundell, J.W. Barrett, H. Gibson, C. Gottleib, T.R. Hunter, R. Kimberk, S. Leiker, D. Marrone, D. Meledin, S.N. Paine, R. Plante, P. Riddle, M.J. Smith, T.K. Sridharan, C.E. Tong, R.W. Wilson (CfA) M.A. Diaz, L. Bronfman, J. May (U. Chile), A. Otarola (ESO), S.J. Radford (NRAO)

            Prospects for Terahertz Radio Astronomy from Northern Chile


 

18:00-20:00   Reception    (Harvard Faculty Club)
 

    Day 2    (March 27, Wednesday)

 

       Session 5    Sources I

9:10    A. Maestrini, G. Chattopadhyay, E. Schlecht, I. Mehdi (JPL)

            1400 - 1900 GHz Membrane Based Schottky Diode Triplers

9:30   N. Erickson (Umass Amherst), A. Maestrini, E. Schlecht, , G. Chattopadhyay, J. Gill, I. Mehdi (JPL)

            1.5 THz all-Planar Multiplied Source

9:50   E. Schlecht, G. Chattopadhyay,A. Maestrini,D. Pukala, J. Gill, I. Mehdi (JPL)

           Harmonic Balance Optimization of Terahertz Schottky Diode Multipliers Using an Advanced Device Model

10:10   H. Xu, G.S. Schoenthal, R.M. Weikle, J.L. Hesler, T.W. Crowe (UVa)

           Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Planar Varactor Sideband Generators

 

10:30        Coffee Break
 

        Session 6    Signal Generation via Optical Mixing

10:50   T. Noguchi, A. Ueda, H. Iwashita, Y. Sekimoto, M. Ishiguro (Nobeyama), T. Ishibashi, H. Ito, T. Nagatsuma (NTT)

            A Photonic Local Oscillator for an SIS Mixer in the 100 GHz Band

11:10   M. Lee, O. Mitrofanov, H.E. Katz (Lucent)

            Millimeter- and Submillimter-wave Electrodynamic Properties of Polymer Electro-Optic materials

11:30   T. Feurer, J.C. Vaughan, N.S. Stoyanov, D.W. Ward, K.A. Nelson (MIT)

            THz Field Generation and Manipulation by Coherent Control over Phonon-Polaritons

11:50   L. Maleki, H. Javadi, V. Ilchenko (JPL)

           Novel Tunable Source for Generation of THz Radiation

 

12:10   P.G. Huggard, B.N. Ellison (Rutherford), P. Shen, N.J. Gomes, P.A. Davies (U of Kent), W.P. Shillue, A. Vaccari, J.M. Payne (NRAO)

            Generation of Millimetre and Sub-millimetre Waves by Photomixing in a 1.55 µm Wavelength Photodiode

 

12:30    Lunch Break


 

        Session 7    HEB II

 

14:00   Y.B. Vachtomin M.I. Finkel, S.V. Antipov, B.M. Voronov, K.V. Sminov, N.S. Kaurova, V.N. Drakinski, G.N. Gol'tsman(MSPU)

           Gain Bandwidth of Phonon-Cooled HEB Mixer made of NbN Thin Film with MgO Buffer Layer on Si

 

14:20   A.D. Semenov, H.-W. Hübers, H. Richter, M. Birk, M. Krocka, U. Mair (DLR), K. Smirnov, G.N. Gol'tsman, B.M. Voronov (MSPU)

           Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer for THz Heterodyne Receivers

14:40   E. Gerecht, C.D. Reintsema, E.N. Grossman (NIST), A.L. Betz, R.T. Boreiko (Colorado)

            Noise Temperature Results for Nb DHEB Mixer Receiver for Far-Infrared Spectroscopy

15:00   A. Skalare, W.R. McGrath, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc (JPL)

            Tantalum Hot-Electron Bolometers for Low-Noise Heterodyne Receivers

 

15:20   P. Focardi (U Florence), A. Neto (FEL-TNO), W.R. McGrath (JPL)

            Improved Equivalent Circuit for Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers Fed by Twin Slots


 

16:00        Coffee Break   (in Phillips Auditorium)
 

16:30-1800    Session 8    Interactive Forum

                                            (held in Phillips Auditorium)

 

8-1     T. Bondo, S.B. Sørensen (TICRA)

            Quasi-optical Beam Waveguide Analysis Using Gaussian Beam Expansion

 

8-2    F. Boussaha, Y. Delorme, M. Salez, M.H. Chung, F. Dauplay, B. Lecomte, J.-G. Caputo, V. Thevenet (Observatoire de Paris)

            A 5-Junction Array SIS Mixer for Very Wide Band Heterodyne Submillimeter Spectrometer

 

8-3    C.M. Bradford, B.J. Naylor, J.J. Bock, M. Dragovan, L.Duband, L. Earle,J. Glenn, H. Matsuhara, H. Nguyen, J. Zmuidzinas (CalTech/JPL/U Colorado/CEA France/ISAS Japan)

            WaFIRS, A Waveguide Far-IR Spectrometer

 

8-4    M. Brandt, J. Stodolka, C.E. Honingh, K. Jacobs (KOSMA, Cologne)

            Superconducting Hot Electron Bolometers on Free-standing Silicon Nitride Membrane Strips Using Flip-Chip Mounting

 

8-5    E. García, L. de Haro, J.A. López Fernanádez, F. Tercero, B. Galocha, J.L. Besada (Spain)

            Feasibility Study for the Focalisation of the New 40m Radiotelescope of Centro Astronómic de Yebes

 

8-6    E. Gerecht, A.K. Bhupathiraju, E.N. Grossman (NIST), J. Nicholson, Y. Zhuang, D. Gu, K.S. Yngvesson (Umass Amherst)

            NbN Film Development for PHEB Devices

 

8-7    J. Häkli, J. Ala-Laurinaho, J. Säily, T. Koskinen, A. Lönnqvist, J. Mallat, J. Tuovinen, A.V. Räisänen (HUT, Finland)

            A Dual Reflector Feed System for a Sub-MM Hologram CATR

 

8-8    G. de Lange, B.D. Jackson, M. Eggens, H. Golstein, W.M. Laauwen, L. de Jong, S. Kikken, C. Pieters, H. Smit, D. Van Nguyen, J.R. Gao (SRON), T. Zijlstra, N.N. Iosad, T.M. Klapwijk (Delft)

            Development of the Band 3 and 4 Mixer Units for HIFI

 

8-9    X. Lefoul, P. Yagoubov, M. Hajenius, W.J. Vreeling, W.F.M. Ganzevles, J.R. Gao, P.A.J. de Korte, T.M. Klapwijk (Delft/SRON)

            DC and IF Bandwidth Measurements of Superconducting Diffusion-cooled Mixers Based on Nb/Au Bilayer

 

8-10    U. Mair, M. Krocka, G. Wagner, M. Birk, H.-W. Hubers, H. Richter, A. Semenov (DLR), P. Yagoubov, R. Hoogeveen, T. de Graauw, A. Maurellis, A. Selig (SRON), V. Koshelets, S. Shitov (IREE), B. Ellison, B. kerridge, D. Matheson, R. Siddans, J. Reburn (RAL)

            TELIS --- Development of a New Balloon Borne THz/Submm Heterodyne Limb Sounder

 

8-11    I. Péron, G. Faury, Y. Delorme, F. Dauplay, B. Lecomte, M. Salez, K.-F. Schuster (IRAM/DEMIRM)

            Space Qualification of High Current Density Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb Junctions for HERSCHEL/HIFI/Channel 1 (480-640 GHz)

 

8-12    P. Pütz, S. Glenz, C.E. Honingh, K. Jacobs (KOSMA, Cologne)

            Progress in SIS Device Fabrication for HIFI Mixer Band 2 at KOSMA

 

8-13    C. Risacher, V. Belitsky (Onsala, Sweden)

            Low Noise Cryogenic IF-Amplifiers for Super Heterodyne RadioAstronomy Receivers

 

8-14    M. Schicke, K.-F. Schuster (IRAM)

            Integrated Niobium Thin Film Airbridges as Variable Capacitors for GHz Tuning Circuits

 

8-15    S.C. Shi (PMO), M.J. Wang (ASIAA), T. Noguchi (Nobeyama)

            Simulation of the Performance of a 5-Junction Array for 780-950 GHz

 

8-16    S.V. Shitov, V.P. Koshelets, P.N. Dmitriev, L.V. Filippenko, An. B. Ermakov (IREE), V.V. Khodos, V.L. Vaks (Nizhny Novgorod)

            A Superconducting Spectrometer with Phase-Locked Josephson Oscillator

 

8-17    W. Knap, Y. Deng, V. Kachorovskii, S. Rumyantsev, J.-Q. Lü, M.S. Shur (Rensselaer)

            Detection of Terahertz Radiation in Field Effect Transistors

 

8-18    S. Stanko, U.U. Graf, S. Heyminck (KOSMA, Cologne)

            Automatic Tuning of SMART, KOSMA 490/810 GHz Array Receiver

 

8-19    V. Tolls (CfA), R. Schieder (Cologne)

            Optical Modulation Spectrometer: A Concept Study

 

8-20    Y. Uzawa, M. Takeda, A. Kawakami, Z. Wang (CRL)

            Design and Analysis of a Waveguide NbN-based SIS Mixer using Two Half-Wavelength Distributed Junction Tuning Circuit for ALMA Band 10

 

8-21    M.-J. Wang, C.C. Chin, W.L. Shan, W. Zhang, H.W. Cheng, T. Noguchi, S.C. Shi (ASIAA/PMO/Nobeyama)

            Characterization of the Performance of a 600-700 GHz SIS Mixer

 

8-22    Q. Xiao, Y. Duan, J.L. Hesler (UVa)

            A Comparison of Power Measurements from 100 GHz to 600 GHz

 

8-23    K.S. Yngvesson, J. Nicholson, Y. Zhuang, F. Rodriguez, X. Zhao, D. Gu, R. Zannoni (Umass Amherst), E. Gerecht (NIST), M. Coulombe, J. Dickinson, T. Goyette, J. Waldman (UMass Lowell), C.K. Walker (U Arizona), A. Stark, A. Lane (SAO)

            Progress on TREND --- A Low Noise Receiver user Instrument at 1.25 THz to 1.5 THz for AST/RO at the South Pole

 

8-24    Y. Zhuang, K.S. Yngvesson (UMass Amherst)

            Detection and Interpretation of Bistability Effects in NbN HEB Devices

 

Post-deadline Posters

8-25     N. Erickson (Erickson Instruments)

            A very Fast and Stable Millimeter to Submillimeter Power Meter

8-26     R. Kimberk, C.E. Tong, H. Gibson, T.R. Hunter, S. Paine, R.W. Wilson, R. Blundell (CfA)

            An interferometric Frequency Comb Generator

8-27     D. Loudkov (MSPU), P. Khosropanah, S. Cherednichenko, A. Adams, H. merkel, E. Kollberg(Chalmers), G. Gol'tsman (MSPU)

            Broadband FTS Measurements of Planar Antennas at Terahertz Frequencies

8-28    C.E. Honingh, M. Justen, R. Teipen, T. Tils, K. Jacobs (KOSMA, Cologne)

            Mixer Development for HIFI Band 2 (640 -  800 GHz)

8-29     B.D. Jackson, K.J. Wildeman (SRON) on behalf of the HIFI Focal Plane Sub-System Consortium

            The HIFI Focal Plane Unit


17:00    Laboratory Tour    (in parallel with Interactive Forum)
 

 

    Day 3    (March 28, Thursday)

Session 9    Sources II


9:10    V.P. Koshelets, P.N. Dmitriev, A.B. Ermakov, A.S. Sobolev, M.Yu. Torgashin (IREE), VV. Khodos, V.L. Vaks (Novgorod), P.R. Wesselius (SRON), C. Mahaini, J. Mygind (TU Denmark)

            A Superconducting Phase-Locked Local Oscillator for SubMM Integrated Receiver

 

9:30    S. Kohjiro, Z. Wang, S.V. Shitov, S. Miki, A. Kawakami, A. Shoji (AIST/CRL/IREE)

            On-Chip Detection of Radiation Power from Fux-Flow Oscillators with Epitaxial and High-Jc NbN/AlN/NbN Junctions

 

9:50    L. Ives, J. Neilson,M. Caplan, N. Chubun, C. Kory, M. Read (Calabazas Creek)

            Development of Backward Wave Oscillators for Terahertz Applications

 

10:10    Z.S. Gribnikov, N.Z. Vagidov, H. Eisele, V.V. Mitin, G.I. Haddad (Wayne/Michigan)

            Novel Heterostructure Device for THz Generation

 

10:30        Coffee Break
 

            Session 10    Circuits & Optics

10:50   G. Narayanan, N.R. Erickson (Umass Amherst)

            Design and Performance of a Novel Full-Waveguide Band Orthomode Transducer

 

11:10    M. Carter (IRAM), A. Baryshev, R. Hesper, S.J. Wijholds, W. Jellema (SRON), T. Zijlstra (Delft)

            Phase and Amplitude Antenna Measurements on an SIS Mixer Fitted with a Double Slot Antenna at 640 GHz

 

11:30    G. Yassin, S. Withington (Cambridge), C. O'Sullivan, J.A. Murphy (Ireland), T.P. Peacocke (Royal Observatory), W. Jellema, P. Wesselius (SRON)

            Electromagnetic Modelling of Submillimetre-Wave Systems

 

11:50    T. Koskinen, J. Ala-Laurinaho, J. Säily, J. Häkli, A. Lönnqvist, J. Mallat, J. Tuovinen, A.V. Räisänen (HUT, Finland)

            On the Design of Sub-MM Wave Amplitude Holograms for CATR

 

12:10    T.K. Sridharan, C.E. Tong, M. Saito, N. Patel, R. Blundell

            A Holographic Measurement System for the SMA Antennas at 680 GHz
 

12:30        Lunch Break


 

Session 11        SIS II

14:00    A. Baryshev (SRON), M. Carter (IRAM), R. Hesper, S.J. Winjholds, W. Jellema (SRON), T. Zijlstra (Delft)

            Use of Subharmonically Pumped SIS Mixer with High Harmonics Number for Phase and Amplitude Antenna Measurements

 

14:20    A. Karpov, J. Zmuidzinas, F. Rice, D. Miller (Caltech), J.A. Stern, B. Bumble, H.G. LeDuc (JPL)

            Low Noise SIS Mixer with Nb Tuning Circuit for the Frequency above 1 THz

 

14:40    B.D. Jackson, G. de Lange, W.M. Laauwen, L. de Jong, J.R. Gao (SRON), T. Zijlstra, N.N. Iosad, T.M. Klapwijk (Delft)

            Low-Noise THz SIS Mixers Incorporating NbTiN/SiO2/Al Tuning Circuits