OSAS-B: a 4.7-THz Heterodyne Spectrometer for Atomic Oxygen in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Wienold, M.; Semenov, A.; Richter, H.; Dietz, E.; Frohmann, S.; Dern, P.; Lu, X.; Schrottke, L.; Klein, B.; Hubers, H.-W.
- Source
- 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2023 48th International Conference on. :1-2 Sep, 2023
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Local oscillators
Laser theory
Oxygen
Atom lasers
Atomic beams
Instruments
Receivers
- Language
- ISSN
- 2162-2035
We present the instrumental design and results of the first flight of the Oxygen Spectrometer for Atmospheric Science from a Balloon (OSAS-B). OSAS-B is a 4.7-THz heterodyne receiver for atomic oxygen based on a hot-electron bolometer mixer and a quantum-cascade laser as local oscillator.