MEASUREMENTS OF THE SIDE-BAND CONVERSION GAIN RATIO OF A MILLIMETER-WAVE HETERODYNE SUB-HARMONIC MIXER USING A FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER

Authors
OLDFIELD ML ELLISON BN MADDISON BJ MANN CM MOYNA BP MATHESON DN
Citation
Ml. Oldfield et al., MEASUREMENTS OF THE SIDE-BAND CONVERSION GAIN RATIO OF A MILLIMETER-WAVE HETERODYNE SUB-HARMONIC MIXER USING A FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER, International journal of infrared and millimeter waves, 18(8), 1997, pp. 1547-1563
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
International journal of infrared and millimeter waves → ACNP
ISSN journal
01959271
Volume
18
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1547 - 1563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-9271(1997)18:8<1547:MOTSCG>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A Fourier transform spectrometer, based on a Martin-Puplett polarisati on rotation interferometer and using broad-band blackbody noise source s, has been us-ed to study the sideband response i.e., conversion gain , of a room temperature Schottky diode sub-harmonic mixer operating at 300 GHz. The technique enables the response of the mixer to be charac terised and preferentially tuned to one sideband, thereby improving th e rejection of unwanted spectral components which can be present in th e mixer image sideband.