4×2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO

J. R.G. Silva; B. Mirzaei; W. Laauwen; N. More; A. Young; C. Kulesa; C. Walker; A. Khalatpour; Q. Hu; C. Groppi; J. R. Gao

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4×2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO

J. R.G. Silva, B. Mirzaei, W. Laauwen, N. More, A. Young, C. Kulesa, C. Walker, A. Khalatpour, Q. Hu, C. Groppi, J. R. Gao

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GUSTO will be a NASA balloon borne terahertz observatory to be launched from Antarctica in late 2021 for a flight duration of 100-170 days. It aims at reviewing the life cycle of interstellar medium of our galaxy by simultaneously mapping the three brightest interstellar cooling lines: [OI] at 4.7 THz, [CII] at 1.9 THz, and [NII] at 1.4 THz; along the 124 degrees of the galactic plane and through a part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It will use three arrays of 4x2 mixers based on NbN hot electron bolometers (HEBs), which are currently the most sensitive mixers for high resolution spectroscopic astronomy at these frequencies. Here we report on the design of a novel 4.7 THz receiver for GUSTO. The receiver consists mainly of two subsystems: a 4×2 HEB quasi-optical mixer array and a 4.7 THz multi-beam LO. We describe the mixer array, which is designed as a compact monolithic unit. We show, for example, 10 potential HEB detectors with the state of the art sensitivity of 720 K measured at 2.5 THz. They have a small variation in sensitivity, being less than 3%, while also meet the LO uniformity requirements. For the multi-beam LO we demonstrate the combination of a phase grating and a single QCL at 4.7 THz, which generates 8 sub-LO beams, where the phase grating shows an efficiency of 75%. A preliminary concept for the integrated LO unit, including QCL, phase grating and beam matching optics is presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313410
State	Published - 2018
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 12 2018 → Jun 15 2018

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10708
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	6/12/18 → 6/15/18

Keywords

Astronomy
GUSTO
heterodyne
hot electron bolometer
phase grating
quantum cascade laser
terahertz

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Silva, J. R. G., Mirzaei, B., Laauwen, W., More, N., Young, A., Kulesa, C., Walker, C., Khalatpour, A., Hu, Q., Groppi, C., & Gao, J. R. (2018). 4×2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO. In J. Zmuidzinas, & J.-R. Gao (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX Article 107080Z (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313410

4×2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO. / Silva, J. R.G.; Mirzaei, B.; Laauwen, W. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2018. 107080Z (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708).

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Silva, JRG, Mirzaei, B, Laauwen, W, More, N, Young, A, Kulesa, C , Walker, C, Khalatpour, A, Hu, Q, Groppi, C & Gao, JR 2018, 4×2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO. in J Zmuidzinas & J-R Gao (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX., 107080Z, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10708, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018, Austin, United States, 6/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313410

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