Sideband-Ratio and Harmonic Response of Sub-Millimeter Wave Mixers measured with a Martin Puplett Interferometer

Murk, Axel; Renker, Matthias; Rea, S.; Emrich, A. (September 2014). Sideband-Ratio and Harmonic Response of Sub-Millimeter Wave Mixers measured with a Martin Puplett Interferometer. In: 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). Tucson, Arizona. 14.-19.09.2015. 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956338

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Heterodyne receivers at millimeter and submillimeter wavelength are widely used for radiometric spectral line observations for atmospheric remote sensing or radio astronomy. The quantitative analysis of such observations requires an accurate knowledge of the mixers's sideband ratio. In addition, its potential sensitivity to spurious harmonics needs to be well understood. In this paper, we discuss a measurement technique for these receiver characteristics, which is based on a scanning Martin Puplett Interferometer used in conjunction with a wide band digital autocorrelation spectrometer for the analysis of the intermediate frequency band. We present measurement results of different double sideband and sideband separating mixers, which were developed for the proposed 340GHz multi-beam limb sounder STEAMR.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Applied Physics

UniBE Contributor:

Murk, Axel, Renker, Matthias

Subjects:

600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISBN:

978-1-4799-3877-3

Language:

English

Submitter:

Martin Frenz-Lips

Date Deposited:

05 Feb 2015 12:16

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956338

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.62401

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62401

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