SIS Mixer Receivers
ALMA Band 6 Cartridge Operating Manual
A. R. Kerr
ALMA-EDM FEND-40.02.00-106-B-MAN.pdf, 30 Aug 2007.
First Astronomical Observations with an ALMA Band 6 (211-275 GHz) Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer-Preamp
E. F. Lauria, A. R. Kerr, G. Reiland, R. F. Freund, A. W. Lichtenberger, L. M. Ziurys, M. Metcalf and D. Forbes
Proc. 17th Int. Symp. on Space THz Tech., Paris, May 2006. ALMA Memo 553, 11 July 2006. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/
ALMA Band 6 Prototype Cartridge: Design and Performance
G. A. Ediss, M. Carter, J. Cheng, J. E. Effland, W. Grammer, N. Horner, Jr., A. R. Kerr, D. Koller, E. F. Lauria, G. Morris, S-K. Pan, G. Reiland and M. Sullivan
Proc. 15th Int. Symp. on Space THz Tech., Northampton, MA, April 2004. ALMA Memo 502.
A Low Noise 100 GHz Sideband-Separating Receiver
C.C. Chin, D. Derdall, J. Sebesta, F. Jiang, P. Dindo, G. Rodrigues, D. Bond, S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, E. Lauria M. Pospieszalski, J. Zhang, T. Cecil, and A. Lichtenberger
Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 569-600, Apr. 2004.
Mixer-Preamp to Receiver Interface Considerations for ALMA Band 6
A. R. Kerr
ALMA Memo 344, 18 Jan. 2001. ALMA Memo 344.
Contributions to Noise Output Due to Quantum Effects — Time to Revise Some Definitions and Procedures?
A. R. Kerr
1998 IEEE International Symposium, Workshop on Cryogenic Electronics, 8 June 1998.
Receivers for the Millimeter Array
J. C. Webber, A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and M. W. Pospieszalski
Proc. SPIE, 3357, 1998.
Anatomy of a Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy Receiver
A. R. Kerr
Invited paper presented at the Workshop on Cryogenic Packaging of Electronic Subsystems and Their Applications, IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Denver, June 1997.
The Quest for the Perfect mm-Wave Receiver
A. R. Kerr
Invited paper, presented at the Harvard-Smithsonian meeting Molecules in Space and in the Lab -- in Honor of Prof. Patrick Thaddeus on his 65th Birthday," June 1997.
Receiver noise temperature, the quantum noise limit, and the role of the zero-point fluctuations
A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, and S.-K. Pan
Proc. Eighth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 101-111, 25-27 March 1997. MMA Memo 161.
Ground loops in SIS bias circuits
Electronics Division Technical Note No. 179, 6 Mar 1997.
The MDC Receivers Working Group Report
J. Carlstrom, D. Emerson, P. Jewell, A. R. Kerr, S. Padin J. Payne, R. Plambeck, M. Pospieszalski, W. J. Welch, D. Woody
MMA Memo 143, 25 Sep. 1995.
Development of a sideband separation receiver at 100 GHz
R. L. Akeson, J. E. Carlstrom, D. P. Woody, J. Kawamura, A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and K. Wan
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 12-17, March 1993.
Elimination of electrical ground loops caused by helium supply lines in cryogenic receiver systems
A. R. Kerr, N. Horner, and S.-K. Pan
Electronics Division Technical Note No. 166, 9 Nov 1992.
Circular polarization and multi-band operation: implications for MMA receiver design
A. R. Kerr
MMA Memo 72, Jan 1992.
Image frequency suppression on the MMA
MMA Memo 70, 12 Dec 1991.
SIS mixer and LO options for the MMA
MMA Memo 69, 5 Dec 1991.
High Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy at Terahertz Frequencies
R. L. Brown, A. R. Kerr, A. R. Thompson, F. R. Schwab
In Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond," Y. Kondo, Ed., Proceedings of the 123rd Colloquium of the IAU, Greenbelt, MD, pp. 509-515, Kulwer Academic Publishers, 24-27 April 1990.
A Superconducting Tunnel Junction Receiver for Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy
S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memo TM 87792, July 1986.
Superconducting Tunnel Junction Receiver for 2.6 mm
S.-K. Pan, M. J. Feldman, A.R. Kerr, E. S. Palmer, J. A. Grange and P. Timbie
Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, pp. M6.2/1-2, Dec. 1983.