@inproceedings{0c0450bb00584fcb8c0cd56c89ec511c,
title = "New developments for integrated Schottky receivers in the terahertz regime",
abstract = "Here we present the preliminary and final designs of a low-mass, low-power, highly integrated Schottky diode based coherent receiver system suitable for deployment on cubesat or other small satellite platforms. Currently, coherent Schottky receivers are far too large and consume too much power to be considered for deployment on any smaller forms of space-based satellites. Using an already existing design for a modular 520-600 GHz receiver designed at JPL, we have used novel packaging methods to condense this receiver into an integrated system. This integrated receiver has shown to have a volume and power consumption significantly smaller than the current state of the art. We will further present the designs of a similar integrated receiver for the first excited state of water vapor operating at the 1040-1200 GHz range. Finally, we discuss future plans for the combined mixer system and its potential for use in cubesat interferometry systems.",
keywords = "Astronomy, Cubesat, Heterodyne, Mixer, Molecular, Receiver, Satellite, Schottky, Vapor, Water",
author = "Hoh, {Jonathan R.} and Christopher Groppi and Siles, {Jose V.}",
note = "Funding Information: The research was carried out at Arizona State University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We wish to thank Paul F. Goldsmith of NASA/JPL and George Trichopolus of ASU for their contributions to the design of quasi-optical communication systems. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 SPIE.; Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 ; Conference date: 12-06-2018 Through 15-06-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2312927",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781510619692",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jonas Zmuidzinas and Jian-Rong Gao",
booktitle = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX",
}