In this paper, we present results on the noise performance of the waveguide Niobium Titanium Nitride (NbTiN) superconducting hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers, cryogenically cooled by a 4-K close-cycled refrigerator. The NbTiN superconducting HEB mixer is fabricated on a crystalline quartz substrate, and is mounted in a waveguide mixer block for RF and LO coupling. At 0.81 THz, the uncorrecte...

We report the observation of de-chirping of a linearly chirped (in energy) electron bunch by its passage through a 4 inch long rectangular waveguide loaded with two silicon bars 0.25 inch thick and 0.5 inch wide. Silicon being a semiconductor has a conductivity that allows it to drain the charge fast in case if some electrons get intercepted by the dechirper. At the same time the conductivity i...

We present an innovative waveguide based on the hybridization of a titanium dioxide nano-waveguide within polymer strip. Through simulations and design we demonstrate that sustains principally quasi-TM fundamental mode even in tight bends (radius smaller than 2 μm) light remains confined titania layer. Such waveguide, addition enabling low loss propagation is way towards efficient evanescent se...

We propose a new solid state implementation of a quantum computer (quputer) using ballistic single electrons as flying qubits in 1D nanowires. We use a single electron pump (SEP) to prepare the initial state and a single electron transistor (SET) to measure the final state. Single qubit gates are implemented using quantum dots as phase shifters and electron waveguide couplers as beam splitters....

The slow-wave cyclotron-resonance master ~CRM! oscillator experiment presented in this paper produces output signals that correspond to normal and anomalous Doppler shifts. The table-top low-voltage (,10 kV! CRM device consists of a double stripline waveguide. The metal strips are loaded by dielectric slabs; thus the waveguide supports slow waves with different phase velocities in odd and even ...

In order to reveal the physical processes taking place within the ECR ion thruster “ μ10 ”, internal plasma diagnosis is indispensable. However, the ability of metallic probes to access microwave plasmas biased at a high voltage is limited from the standpoints of he disturbance created in the electric field and electrical isolation. This study demonstrates two kinds of plasma parameter measurem...

A cyclotron-resonance maser (CRM) is implemented in a periodic quadrupole waveguide. The device oscillates at the fundamental and high harmonics of the cyclotron frequency. This CRM employs a tenuous low-energy electron beam ( approximately 10 keV, 0.2 A). The periodic structure consists of an array of disks along the quadrupole transmission line, hence it combines both azimuthal and axial peri...

The theory of a slow-wave cyclotron-resonance-maser ~CRM! amplifier employing an initially linear electron beam is developed. In such a device, the electrons radiate electromagnetic waves under the anomalous Doppler effect. In order to maintain the cyclotron resonance between the radiating electrons and the amplifying electromagnetic wave, we consider a system with tapered waveguide parameters....

A numerical scheme is described to compute the reflection, absorption, and transmission coefficients of TEm,0 and plane electromagnetic waves propagating in a nonuniform plasma slab. The numerical solutions are in good agreement with theoretical solutions for two different kinds of electron density profiles. The solutions for various electron density profiles will be shown in TEm,0 mode. The me...

This paper uses field theory to derive the exact dispersion relation of space charge waves in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) located dielectric or dissimilar waveguide. It is found that 2DEG can be modeled accurately using free-electron sheet model, which further confirmed by almost identical polarizability and with zero drift velocity. Transitions among well-known dispersion, beam mode ...