Submillimeter-wave SIS receiver system for JEM/SMILES

被引:14
作者
Seta, M [1 ]
Masuko, H
Manabe, T
Ochiai, S
Irimajiri, Y
Inatani, J
Harada, H
Noguchi, T
Shi, SC
Narasaki, K
Abe, Y
机构
[1] Commun Res Lab, Tokyo 1848795, Japan
[2] Natl Space Dev Agcy Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058505, Japan
[3] Nobeyama Radio Observ, Nagano 3841305, Japan
[4] Sumitomo Heavy Ind Ltd, Niihama, Ehime 7928588, Japan
[5] Nihon Tsushinki Co Ltd, Kanagawa 2430303, Japan
来源
ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE FROM SPACE AND FROM THE GROUND | 2000年 / 26卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00051-X
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
A 640-GHz heterodyne superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) receiver will be installed in Superconducting Submillimeter-wave Limb Emission Sounder (SMILES) on the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station. SMILES will simultaneously detect twelve emission lines of stratospheric molecules in the limb sounding method. The SIS receiver is operating in single sideband (SSB) mode, and we employ a new type of Martin-Puplett interferometer consisting of two sets of a wire grid and a flat mirror for the SSB filter. The SIS mixers and intermediate-frequency low noise amplifiers will be cooled to 4.5 K and 20 K, respectively, by a Stirring refrigerator combined with a Joule-Thomson circuit used for the first time in space. (C) 2000 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页数:4
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