Development of 230 GHz finline SIS mixers for next-generation large array receivers and HARP instrument upgrade

Kuan-Yu Liu; Boon-Kok Tan; Ming-Jye Wang; Phichet Kittara; Dan Singwong; Pattanaphong Janphuang; Paul Ho; Ming-Tang Chen; Wiphu Rujopakarn; Ue-Li Pen; Gary A. Fuller; Junhao Liu; Xue-Jian Jiang; Faouzi Boussaha; Christine Chaumont; Tse-Jun Chen; Yen-Pin Chang; Wei-Chun Lu; Chuang-Ping Chiu; Chayanin Larkaew; Noom Kriettisak; Long Jiang; Yongxiong Wang; Yan-Jun Wang; Graham Bell; Harold A. Peña-Herazo; Izumi Mizuno; Shaoliang Li; Robert N. Oliveira; Jamie Cookson; Dan Bintley

doi:10.1117/12.3018151

16 August 2024 Development of 230 GHz finline SIS mixers for next-generation large array receivers and HARP instrument upgrade

Kuan-Yu Liu, Boon-Kok Tan, Ming-Jye Wang, Phichet Kittara, Dan Singwong, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Paul Ho, Ming-Tang Chen, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Ue-Li Pen, Gary A. Fuller, Junhao Liu, Xue-Jian Jiang, Faouzi Boussaha, Christine Chaumont, Tse-Jun Chen, Yen-Pin Chang, Wei-Chun Lu, Chuang-Ping Chiu, Chayanin Larkaew, Noom Kriettisak, Long Jiang, Yongxiong Wang, Yan-Jun Wang, Graham Bell, Harold A. Peña-Herazo, Izumi Mizuno, Shaoliang Li, Robert N. Oliveira, Jamie Cookson, Dan Bintley

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Proceedings Volume 13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII; 1310228 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018151
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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In pursuit of advancing large array receiver capabilities and enhancing the 16-element Heterodyne Array Receiver Program (HARP) instrument on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), we have successfully fabricated 230 GHz finline superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers. These mixers are critical for assessing the potential and prospective for the HARP instrument’s upgrade. Unlike the existing HARP’s mixer, we replace the probe antenna with an end-fire unilateral finline as the waveguide to planar circuit transition. This mixer design is expected to operate from about 160–260 GHz (approximately 47% bandwidth), and the mixer chips’ current-voltage (I-V) curves have been characterized, showing promising results with a quality factor (R_sg/R_n) exceeding 9.3. Evaluation of the double-sideband (DSB) receiver noise temperature (T_rx) is currently underway. Once successfully characterised, our immediate aim is to scale the mixer to operate at HARP’s frequency range near 345 GHz to achieve similar broad RF bandwidth performance. Ongoing simulations are currently being conducted for the design of the 345 GHz finline mixer. This work marks a crucial step toward enhancing HARP receiver performance with better sensitivity and wider Intermediate Frequency (IF) bandwidth, enabling higher-frequency observations, and expanding the scientific potential of the JCMT and its collaborative partners.

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Kuan-Yu Liu, Boon-Kok Tan, Ming-Jye Wang, Phichet Kittara, Dan Singwong, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Paul Ho, Ming-Tang Chen, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Ue-Li Pen, Gary A. Fuller, Junhao Liu, Xue-Jian Jiang, Faouzi Boussaha, Christine Chaumont, Tse-Jun Chen, Yen-Pin Chang, Wei-Chun Lu, Chuang-Ping Chiu, Chayanin Larkaew, Noom Kriettisak, Long Jiang, Yongxiong Wang, Yan-Jun Wang, Graham Bell, Harold A. Peña-Herazo, Izumi Mizuno, Shaoliang Li, Robert N. Oliveira, Jamie Cookson, and Dan Bintley "Development of 230 GHz finline SIS mixers for next-generation large array receivers and HARP instrument upgrade", Proc. SPIE 13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII, 1310228 (16 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018151

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