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| Paper: |
The 0.9 and 1.3 THz Superconducting HEB Mixer Receiver for the ASTE 10 m Telescope |
| Volume: |
476, New Trends in Radio Astronomy in the ALMA Era |
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419 |
| Authors: |
Shiino, T.; Furuya, R.; Soma, T.; Sakai, T.; Watanabe, Y.; Sakai, N.; Jiang, L.; Ohguchi, O.; Maezawa, H.; Yamakura, T.; Yamamoto, S. |
| Abstract: |
We have developed low-noise waveguide-type superconducting hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers for astronomical observations in the 0.8-1.0 and 1.3-1.5 THz bands, by using a relatively thick NbTiN superconducting film (10.8 nm). The receiver noise temperature of 350 K (DSB) at 0.81 THz and 490 K at 1.475 THz has been achieved. We have built the 0.8-1.0/1.3-1.5 THz dual band heterodyne receiver using these low noise HEB mixers, and have installed it on the ASTE (Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment) 10 m telescope in Chile in 2011. The 13CO emission (J = 8–7 : 0.8813 THz) has successfully been detected toward the Orion A molecular cloud with our HEB mixer receiver. |
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