TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2009 Vol. 68,
No 11 		 

 

 

 

Application of Low-Temperature Photodetectors in Quasi-Optical Terahertz Interferometers

V.K. Kiseliov, V.K. Kononenko, Ye.M. Kuleshov, and P.K. Nesterov
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine

Abstract
Low-temperature THz-band photodetectors designed for application in quasi-optical interferometers used for research of high-temperature thermonuclear plasma are described. The measurement results of phase shifts and polarization plane rotation with inherent to them errors in measuring of electron plasma density and its deviation are provided.

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