Development of THz Band Heterodyne Receiver for Semote-Sensing Spectroscopy of OH Radical and Atomic Oxygen in Middle Atmosphere

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19310009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental dynamic analysis
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: MAEZAWA Hiroyuki Nagoya University, 太陽地球環境研究所, 助教 (00377780)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMAMOTO Satoshi 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (80182624) ; UZAWA Yoshinori 国立天文台, 先端技術センター, 准教授 (00359093) ; NAGAHAMA Tomoo 名古屋大学, 太陽地球環境研究所, 准教授 (70377779) ; IRIMAJIRI Yoshihisa 情報通信研究機構, 第3研究部門, 研究員 (60358992)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 地球観測 / リモートセンシング / テラヘルツ / 赤外材料・素子 / 量子エレクトロニクス / 環境変動 / 先端機能デバイス / 地球変動予測 / 超伝導材料・素子

Research Abstract

Heterodyne remote-sensing spectroscopy of ions, atoms, and molecules at 1.8-4THz frequency band plays an important role in the study of physical and chemical conditions of the terrestrial and planetary atmospheres. We have developed a THz band superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer mixer receiver (HEBM) for the remote-sensing of OH, OI, and so on. Our HEBM employed a 6nm thick superconducting Niobium Titanium Nitride (NbTiN) micro-bridge deposited on a 20nm-thick AlN interface layer using a helicon sputtering technique. This HEBM was operated at 4.2K by using the cryostat newly developed with a vibration-free closed-cycle mechanical 4K pulse tube refrigerator. The performance of the HEBM was investigated at the 1.5THz band especially changing the local oscillator power of a multiplier chain solid-state source. The output power of the intermediate frequency (IF) signal at 0.8-1.8GHz band had a maximum peak as a function of the bias current for HEBM. The best receiver noise temperature was obtained widely at around the IF maximum position. It was also found that the IF signal was most stable (more than 10 second) at around the IF maximum position. Considering the RF/LO coupling efficiency and reflection at Si lens the partially corrected receiver noise temperature of our HEBM was better than 1600K although the micro-bridge dimension was not completely optimized.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] evelopment of a 1. 9-THz Band Hot-Electron Bolometer Heterodyne Receiver with a Quantum Cascade Laser (2010)
  • Author(s): H. Maezawa, T. Yamakura, T. Koyama, S. Yamamoto, S. Shiba, T. Shiino, N. Sakai, N. Nakai, M. Seta, A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, Y. Fukui, Y. Irimajiri, N. Sekine, I. Hosako
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 21th(in press)
• [Journal Article] emperature and Density Distribution in the Molecular Gas Toward Westerlund 2: Further Evidence for Physical Association (2010)
  • Author(s): Ohama, A. ; Dawson, J.R. ; Furukawa, N. ; Kawamura, A. ; Moribe, N. ; Yamamoto, H. ; Okuda, T. ; Mizuno, N. ; Onishi, T. ; Maezawa, H. ; Minamidani, T. ; Mizuno, A. ; Fukui, Y.
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Vol.709,Issue2 Pages: 975-982
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of THz band quasi-optical Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer employing superconducting NbTiN microbridge (2010)
  • Author(s): Tetsuya Yamakura
  • Journal Title: the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science at the University of Tsukuba Pages: 1-115
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of 1. 5 THz waveguide NbTiN superconducting hot electron bolometer mixers (2010)
  • Author(s): Jiang, L., Shiba, S., Shiino, T., Shimbo, K., Sakai, N., Yamakura, T., Ananthasubramanian, P.G. ; Irimajiri, T., Maezawa, H., Yamamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: Superconductor Science and Technology Vol.23,Issue4 Pages: 045025
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Improvement of the critical temperature of superconducting NbTiN and NbN thin films using the AlN buffer layer (2010)
  • Author(s): Shiino, T., Shiba, S., Sakai, N., Yamakura, T., Jiang, L., Uzawa, Y., Maezawa, H., Yamamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: Superconductor Science and Technology Vol.23,Issue4 Pages: 045004
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers (2009)
  • Author(s): Jiang, L., Shiba, S., Shimbo, K., Sakai, N., Yamakura, T., Sugimura, M., Ananthasubramanian, P.G. ;Maezawa, H., Irimajiri, Y., Yamamoto, S.
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity vol19,no.3 Pages: 301-304
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of 1. 5 THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers (2009)
  • Author(s): L. Jiang, T. Yamakura, Y. Irimajiri, K. Shimbo, S. Shiba, T. Shiino, N. Sakai, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, H. Maezawa, S. Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 20th Pages: 156-160
• [Journal Article] Search of SO2 in the Martian atmosphere by ground-based submillimeter observation (2009)
  • Author(s): Nakagawa, H., Kasaba, Y., Maezawa, H., Hashimoto, A., Sagawa, H., Murata, I., Okano, S., Aoki, S., Moribe, N., Mizuno, A., Momose, M., Ohnishi, T., Mizuno, N., Nagahama, T.
  • Journal Title: Planetary and Space Science Vo.57 Pages: 2123-2127
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ground-based millimeter-wave observations of water vapor emission (183 GHz) at Atacama (2008)
  • Author(s): Kuwahara, T. ;Mizuno, A. Nagahama, T. Maezawa, H. Morihira, A. Toriyama, N. Murayama, S. Matsuura, M. Sugimoto, T. Asayama, S. Mizuno, N. Onishi, T. Fukui, Y.
  • Journal Title: Chile, Advances in Space Research Vol42,Issue.7 Pages: 1167-1171
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Continuous measurements of the stratospheric and mesospheric ozone by using ground-based millimeter-wave radiometers (2007)
  • Author(s): Nagahama, T., A. Mizuno, H. Maezawa, H. Nakane, Y. Fujinuma, A. Morihira, H. Ogawa, Y. Fukui
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Submillimeter Science and Technology Pages: 20-23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Development of a 1. 9-THz Band Hot-Electron Bolometer Heterodyne Receiver with a Quantum Cascade Laser (2010)
  • Author(s): H. Maezawa, T. Yamakura, T. Koyama, S. Yamamoto, S. Shiba, T. Shiino, N. Sakai, N. Nakai, M. Seta, A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, Y. Fukui, Y. Irimajiri, N. Sekine, I. Hosako
  • Organizer: 21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Oxford University, UK
  • Year and Date: 20100323-20100325
• [Presentation] 量子カスケードレーザー(QCL)を用いたテラヘルツ波ヘテロダイン受信機の開発 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小山知記, 前澤裕之, 水野亮, 長濱智生, 荻野竜樹, 山倉鉄也, 芝祥一, 関根徳彦, 寶迫巌, 山本智, 入交芳久
  • Organizer: 第126回地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 20090927-20090930
• [Presentation] 量子カスケードレーザーの応用による1. 9THz帯ヘテロダイン受信機の開発 (2009)
  • Author(s): 前澤裕之、小山知記、水野亮、長濱智生、小林和宏、関根徳彦、寶迫巌、入交芳久、山本智、芝祥一、山倉鉄矢
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2009秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 山口大
  • Year and Date: 20090914-20090916
• [Presentation] 南極天文コンソーシアム, 南極30cmサブミリ波望遠鏡の開発III (2009)
  • Author(s): 石井峻、瀬田益道、永井誠、中井直正、宮本祐介、荒井均、前橋秀紀、石崎剛史、中野将義、長崎岳人、前澤裕之
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2009秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 山口大
  • Year and Date: 20090914-20090916
• [Presentation] AlN緩衝層を用いたNbN, NbTiN薄膜の超伝導転移温度の改善 (2009)
  • Author(s): 椎野竜哉、Jiang Ling、芝祥一、鵜澤佳徳、山倉鉄矢、前澤裕之、坂井南美、山本智
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2009秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 山口大
  • Year and Date: 20090914-20090916
• [Presentation] NANTEN2チーム, NANTEN2プロジェクトの進捗 (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥田武志、山本宏昭、河村晶子、福井康雄、前澤裕之、水野亮、大西利和、小川英夫、水野範和、米倉覚則、J Stutzki、F. Bertoldi、B.C. Koo、L. Bronfman、M. Burton、A. Benz
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2009秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 山口大
  • Year and Date: 20090914-20090916
• [Presentation] and NANTEN2 Consortium, Milli/Submillimeter-Wave Band Observations of Planetary Atmospheres with Ground-Based Telescopes (2009)
  • Author(s): H. Maezawa, N. Moribe, A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, M. Tokumaru, T. Umeda, A. Ohama, T. Onishi, H. Yamamoto, Y. Fukui
  • Organizer: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
  • Place of Presentation: Suntec, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 20090812-20090815
• [Presentation] Development of Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer for THz Band Atmospheric and Astronomical Remote-Sensing Spectroscopy (2009)
  • Author(s): H. Maezawa, A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, S. Yamamoto, T. Yamakura, N. Nakai, M. Seta, Y. Irimajiri
  • Organizer: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
  • Place of Presentation: Suntec, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 20090812-20090815
• [Presentation] Improvement of Critical Temperature of Superconducting NbN and NbTiN Thin Films Using an AlN Buffer Layer (2009)
  • Author(s): T. Shiino, K. Todoroki, N.D. Minh, L. Jiang, S. Shiba, Y. Uzawa, H. Maezawa, N. Sakai, S. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: 12th International Superconductive Electronics Conf.
  • Place of Presentation: Fukuoka
  • Year and Date: 20090616-20090619
• [Presentation] ミリ・サブミリ波電波望遠鏡による金星大気の観測 (2009)
  • Author(s): 前澤裕之, 森部那由多, 水野亮, 長濱智生, 徳丸宗利, 水野範和, 大西利和, 福井康雄
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2009年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 20090516-20090521
• [Presentation] 地球大気環境計測・電波天文学観測のためのTHz帯超伝導ホットエレクトロンボロメータミクサの開発 (2009)
  • Author(s): 山倉鉄矢, 前澤裕之, 中井直正, 瀬田益道, 水野亮, 長濱智生, 入交芳久
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2009年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 20090516-20090521
• [Presentation] Development of 1. 5 THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers (2009)
  • Author(s): L. Jiang, T. Yamakura, Y. Irimajiri, K. Shimbo, S. Shiba, T. Shiino, N. Sakai, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, H. Maezawa, S. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology
  • Place of Presentation: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA
  • Year and Date: 20090420-20090422
• [Presentation] パルスチューブ冷凍機をもちいたHEBM/QCL受信機システムの開発 (2009)
  • Author(s): 前澤裕之、水野亮、長濱智生、小林和宏、森部那由多、山本智、Li Jiang、芝祥一、山倉鉄也、入交芳久
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2009春季
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府立大学
  • Year and Date: 20090324-20090327
• [Presentation] Size Dependence of HEB Mixer Performance (2009)
  • Author(s): L. Jiang, S. Shiba, T. Shiino, K. Shimbo, M. Sugimura, N. Sakai, T. Yamakura, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, H. Maezawa, Y. Irimajiri, S. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: 12th International Superconductive Electronics Conf.
  • Place of Presentation: Fukuoka
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-15
• [Presentation] AlN緩衝層を用いたNbN, NbTiN薄膜の超伝導転移温度の改善 (2009)
  • Author(s): 椎野竜哉, 轟孔一, Minh Nguyen, Ling Jiang, 芝祥一, 鵜澤佳徳, 前澤裕之, 坂井南美, 山本智
  • Organizer: 第69回応用物理学会学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-19
• [Presentation] 準光学型ホットエレクトロンボロメータミクサの開発 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山倉鉄矢、中井直正、瀬田益道、前澤裕之、水野亮、長濱智生、芝祥一、新保謙、山本智
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会秋季年会、2008秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山理科大
  • Year and Date: 20080911-20080913
• [Presentation] サブミリ波帯ワイヤーグリッドの現状と課題 (2008)
  • Author(s): 河合利秀、前澤裕之、水野亮、水野範和、中村雄一
  • Organizer: 本天文学会2008秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山理科大
  • Year and Date: 20080911-20080913
• [Presentation] 電波望遠鏡による惑星大気のミリ・サブミリ波帯ヘテロダイン観測 (2008)
  • Author(s): 前澤裕之、水野亮、長濱智生(名大STE)、森部那由多、水野陽治、水野範和、大西利和、福井康雄, 他NANTEN2チーム(名大理)、百瀬宗武(茨城大理), 他ASTEチーム
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2008秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山理科大
  • Year and Date: 20080911-20080913
• [Presentation] Development of 0. 8 THz and 1. 5 THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers (2008)
  • Author(s): L. Jiang, S. Shiba, K. Shimbo, M. Sugimura, H. Maezawa, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, Y. Irimajiri, S.C. Shi, S. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: 9th International Symposium on SpaceTerahertz Technology (19th ISSTT)
  • Place of Presentation: Groningen, Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 20080428-20080430
• [Presentation] NbTiN HEBミクサ性能の動作温度依存性の評価 (2008)
  • Author(s): 新保謙, 芝祥一, 蒋玲, 前澤裕之, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, 山本智
  • Organizer: 第55回応用物理学会2008春季
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 20080327-20080330
• [Presentation] 準光学型ホットエレクトロンボロメータの開発 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山倉鉄矢、中井直正、瀬田益道、前澤裕之、芝祥一、新保謙、山本智
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会2008春季
  • Place of Presentation: 国立オリンピック記念青年総合センター
  • Year and Date: 20080324-20080327
• [Presentation] Development of THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers (2008)
  • Author(s): L. Jiang, S. Shiba, K. Shimbo, N. Sakai, T. Yamakura, M. Sugimura, P.G. Ananthasubramanian, H. Maezawa, Y. Irimajiri, S. Yamamoto
  • Organizer: IEEE Applied Supercond. Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-19
• [Presentation] NbTiN薄膜を用いた格子冷却型HEBミクサの製作と評価 (2007)
  • Author(s): 新保謙, 芝祥一, 坂井南美, 前澤裕之, 山本智
  • Organizer: 第68回応用物理学会、2007秋季
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道工業大学
  • Year and Date: 20070904-20070908
• [Presentation] Ground-based millimeter-wave measurements of stratospheric H2180 in a subtropical region in the southern hemisphere (2007)
  • Author(s): Nagahama, A. Mizuno, H. Maezawa, T. Toriyama, T. Sugimoto, M. Matsuura
  • Organizer: Atacama highland in Chile, 4th AOGS2007
  • Place of Presentation: タイ・バンコク
  • Year and Date: 20070730-20070804
• [Presentation] Ground-based Millimeter-wave Measurements of Vertical Distribution of H2180 in Upper Statosphere and Mesosphere over Atacama, Chile (2007)
  • Author(s): A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, H. Maezawa, T. Toriyama, T. Sugimoto, M. Matsuura
  • Organizer: 4th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society(AOGS2007)
  • Place of Presentation: タイ・バンコク
  • Year and Date: 20070730-20070804
• [Presentation] Ground-based millimeter-wave measurements of stratospheric H218O in a subtropical region in the southern hemisphere (2007)
  • Author(s): Mizuno. A., Sugimoto. Y., Nagahama. T., Maezawa. H., Kuwahara. T., Matsuura. M., Toriyama. N., Fukui. Y., Mizuno. N., Onishi. T., Nakane. H., Morihira. A.
  • Organizer: Atacama highland in Chile', IAGA simposia at the IUGG general Assembly
  • Place of Presentation: イタリア・ペルージャ大学
  • Year and Date: 20070702-20070713
• [Book] シリーズ現在の天文学第16巻宇宙の観測II (2009)
  • Author(s): 小川英夫、亀野誠二、神代暁、斉藤正雄、徂徠和夫、坪井昌人、中井直正、前澤裕之、松尾宏、水野亮、百瀬宗武
  • Total Pages: 360
  • Publisher: 日本評論者