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We describe a focal plane array using antenna elements and SIS junctions photo-etched on a quartz substrate. The etched antenna is of a new strip-line type in which a two-dimensional corrugated horn is phase-corrected with a strip-line lens. Good beam efficiency is indicated by the measured antenna patterns. A DSB receiver temperature of 225 K was obtained with a number of imperfections still present.
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Legg, T.H., Bell, M.B., Kornelsen, K. et al. Design and results for a 345 GHz sis focal plane array using planar technology. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 17, 79–90 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088184
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088184