Final Program of the 13th Int. Symposium on Space THz Technology
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Updated March 19, 2002.
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
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)
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)
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