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Broadband metamaterial receiver with cold-electron bolometers

L.S. Revin1,2,†, D.A. Pimanov1, A.L. Pankratov1,2,*, A.V. Blagodatkin1,2, E.A. Matrozova1,2, A.V. Chiginev1,2, and A.V. Gordeeva1

I.A. Fedotov, E.V. Skorokhodov, N.S. Gusev, D.V. Masterov, and A.E. Parafin

A.S. Sobolev

  • *Contact author: alp@ipmras.ru
  • †Contact author: rls@ipmras.ru
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Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 064040 – Published 11 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.064040

Abstract

A metamaterial receiver, featuring a 19-ring facet structure and intended for usage with a lens, has been successfully designed, fabricated, and tested. The presented concept uses cold-electron bolometers (CEBs) as sensing elements, which enables the design of multiabsorber receivers maintaining a balance between power load and noise. The micrometric size of the CEBs eliminates the need for microwave feed lines, facilitating integration within antenna slots. Using a YBa2Cu3O7−x(YBCO) Josephson junction oscillator, it is demonstrated that the CEB metamaterial receiver has broadband response, approaching 400 GHz, in two frequency bands: 0.15–0.55 and 0.9–1.3 THz. Additionally, the photon-noise-limited operation of the CEB metamaterial, operating at 0.3 K, is shown.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 064040– Published 11 December, 2024
  • Received 19 August 2024
  • Revised 20 October 2024
  • Accepted 22 November 2024
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