Program and Abstract Book - SRON
Program and Abstract Book - SRON
Program and Abstract Book - SRON
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19 th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology<br />
Monday 28 April 2008<br />
14:00 - 15:45 Session 3 - SIS Mixers Chair: Sheng-Cai Shi<br />
14:00 - 14:15 3-1 Low noise 1.4 THz SIS mixer for SOFIA Alex<strong>and</strong>re Karpov, Caltech<br />
14:15 - 14:30 3-2 Development of an All-NbN Waveguide SIS Mixer<br />
for 0.5 THz<br />
Jing Li, Purple Mountain<br />
Observatory<br />
14:30 - 14:45 3-3 A novel THz SIS mixer with a NbTiN-groundplane Akira Endo, NAOJ /<br />
University of Tokyo<br />
14:45 - 15:00 3-4 Design <strong>and</strong> Performance of Waveguide Mixers with<br />
All NbN tunnel junctions on MgO substrates<br />
15:00 - 15:15 3-5 B<strong>and</strong>width of Nb/AlN/Nb SIS mixers suitable for<br />
frequencies around 700 GHz<br />
15:15 - 15:30 3-6 RF Performance of a 600 - 720 GHz Sideb<strong>and</strong>-<br />
Separating Mixer with All-Copper Micromachined<br />
Waveguide Mixer Block<br />
15:30 - 15:45 3-7 100 GHz sideb<strong>and</strong> separating mixer with wide IF<br />
b<strong>and</strong>: First results<br />
15:45 - 16:10 Coffee<br />
Wenlei Shan, Purple<br />
Mountain Observatory<br />
Chris Lodewijk, Delft<br />
University of Technology<br />
Patricio Mena, <strong>SRON</strong> /<br />
University of Groningen<br />
Doris Maier, IRAM<br />
16:10 - 17:50 Session 4 - Herschel-HIFI Chair: Thijs de Graauw<br />
16:10 - 16:35 4-1 The Herschel Mission <strong>and</strong> Key <strong>Program</strong>mes<br />
(Invited)<br />
16:35 - 16:50 4-2 Performance of the superconducting mixers for the<br />
HIFI instrument<br />
16:50 - 17:05 4-3 HIFI Flight Model Testing at Instrument <strong>and</strong> Satellite<br />
Level<br />
Göran Pilbratt, ESA<br />
Gert de Lange, <strong>SRON</strong><br />
Pieter Dieleman, <strong>SRON</strong><br />
17:05 - 17:20 4-4 HIFI Instrument Stability as measured during the ILT<br />
phase: Results <strong>and</strong> operational impacts<br />
Jacob Kooi, Caltech<br />
17:20 - 17:35 4-5 Flight Attenuators for the HIFI Local Oscillator<br />
B<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Willem Jellema, <strong>SRON</strong><br />
17:35 - 17:50 4-6 HIFI Pre-launch Calibration Results David Teyssier, ESA<br />
18:00 - 19:00 Poster Session <strong>and</strong> Reception<br />
Conference greetings by<br />
Prof. Frans Zwarts, Rector Magnificus, University of Groningen, <strong>and</strong><br />
Prof. Karel Wakker, Director <strong>SRON</strong><br />
The reception is offered jointly by the Province of Groningen, the City of<br />
Groningen, <strong>and</strong> the University of Groningen<br />
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