Terahertz Detection and Spectroscopy Based on High-Tc Josephson Junctions

Abstract

Frequency-selective and broadband high-T c Josephson detectors have been fabricated and characterized. A spectral range from 15 GHz to 5.3 THz has been demonstrated for these detectors. A power dynamic range of 50 dB and a noise equivalent power of 10 -14 W/Hz 1/2 have been realized. A spectral resolution δf/f of 10 -3 has been achieved in the terahertz range. As an alternative to Fourier-transform spectroscopy, fast Hilbert-transform spectroscopy, based on these detectors, has been applied for various cw and pulsed terahertz sources.