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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

A 385–500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER

Mamoru Kamikura, Yu Tomimura, Yutaro Sekímoto, Shin’ichiro Asayama, Wenlei Shan, Naohisa Satou, Yoshizou Iizuka, Tetsuya Ito, Toshiaki Kamba, Yasutaka Serizawa, Takashi Noguchi

Published Nov 28, 2006• 14 citations
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DOI
10.1007/s10762-006-9052-4

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