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2009

The Atacama Compact Array (ACA)

Iguchi, S.; Morita, K.-I.; Sugimoto, M.; Saito, B. V. Vilaro M.; Hasegawa, T.; Kawabe, R.; Tatematsu, K.; Sakamoto, S.; Kiuchi, H.; Okumura, S. K., et al. 2009
"The Atacama Compact Array (ACA)," PASJ, 61, 1-12

Near-Field Beam Pattern Measurement of Qualification Model of ALMA Band 8 (385 - 500GHz) Cartridge Receiver
Naruse, M., Ito, T., Sekimoto, Y., Toba , H., Satou, N., Sugimoto, M., Shan, W., Iizuka, Y., Kamba, T., Kamikura, M., Serizawa, Y. 2009
"Near-Field Beam Pattern Measurement of Qualification Model of ALMA Band 8 (385 - 500GHz) Cartridge Receiver," Experimental Astronomy, 24, 89-107

2008

Antenna Performance of a Directly Dug Corrugated Feedhorn for the 150-GHz Band
Kimura, K., Iwashita, H., Asayama, S. Sugimoto, M., Kikuchi, G., Ogawa, H. 2008
"Antenna Performance of a Directly Dug Corrugated Feedhorn for the 150-GHz Band,” International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 29, 713-723
A 400 - 500 GHz Balanced SIS Mixer with a Waveguide Quadrature Hybrid Coupler
Serizawa, Y., Sekimoto, Y., Kamikura, M., Shan, W. L.,. Ito, T. 2008
"A 400 - 500 GHz Balanced SIS Mixer with a Waveguide Quadrature Hybrid Coupler,” International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 29, 846-861
A Submillimeter Cartridge-Type Receiver: ALMA Band 8 (385 - 500 GHz) qualification model
Satou, N., Sekimoto, Y., Iizuka, Y., Ito, T., Shan, W. L., Kamba, T., Kumagai, K., Kamikura, M., Tomimura, Y., Serizawa, Y., Asayama, S., Sugimoto, M. 2008
"A Submillimeter Cartridge-Type Receiver: ALMA Band 8 (385 - 500 GHz) qualification model,” PASJ, 60, 407-419

2007

Current status of Japanese detectors
Tatsumi, D., Takahashi, R., Arai, K., Nakagawa, N., Agatsuma, K., Yamazaki, T., Fukushima, M., Fujimoto, M., Takamori, A., Bertolini, A., Sannibale, V., DeSalvo, R., Marka, S., Ando, M., Tsubono, K., Akutsu, T., Yamamoto, K., Ishitsuka, H., Uchiyama, T., Miyoki, S., Ohashi, M., Kuroda, K., Awaya, N., Kanda, N., Araya, A., Telada, S., Tomaru, T., Haruyama, T., Yamamoto, A., Sato, N., Suzuki, T. 2007
"Current status of Japanese detectors," Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24, S399-403
High extinction ratio Mach-Zehnder modulator applied to a highly stable optical signal generator,
Kiuchi, H., Kawanishi, T., Yamada, M., Sakamoto, T., Tsuchiya, M., Amagai, J., and Izutsu, M. 2007
"High extinction ratio Mach-Zehnder modulator applied to a highly stable optical signal generator," IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Volume 55, 1964-1972
Directly controlled reference frequency wavefront clock method applied to 100-GHz radio interferometry and fringe simulator
Kiuchi, H., Okumura, S., Amagai, J., Iguchi, S., & Kondo, T. 2007,
"Directly controlled reference frequency wavefront clock method applied to 100-GHz radio interferometry and fringe simulator," Radio Science, 42, RS3012 (doi: 10.1029/2006RS003506)
Development of Nb/Al-AlNx/Nb SIS Tunnel Junctions for Submillimeter-Wave Mixers
Endo, A., Noguchi, T., Matsunaga, T., Tamura, T. 2007
"Development of Nb/Al-AlNx/Nb SIS Tunnel Junctions for Submillimeter-Wave Mixers," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17, 367-370
Effect of Magnetic Field on Performance of SIS Mixers Measured at 385-500GHz
Shan, W. -L., Shi, S. -C., Sekimoto, Y., Noguchi, T. 2007
"Effect of Magnetic Field on Performance of SIS Mixers Measured at 385-500GHz," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters., 17, 268-270
Evaluation of tunneling barriers in superconducting NbN junctions with subharmonic gap structures
Uzawa. Y., Wang, Z., Takeda, M., Kroug, M. 2007
"Evaluation of tunneling barriers in superconducting NbN junctions with subharmonic gap structures," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17, 214-217
Design and Development of SIS mixers for ALMA band 10
Shan, W.-L.., Shi, S.-C., Matsunaga, T., Endo, A., Noguchi, T., Uzawa, Y., Takizawa, M. 2007
"Design and Development of SIS mixers for ALMA band 10," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17, 363-366
SIS mixers based on NbN techniques for ALMA Band 10
Takeda, M. Wang, Z., Uzawa, Y. 2007
"SIS mixers based on NbN techniques for ALMA Band 10," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17, 359-362
Design of balanced mixers for ALMA Band-10
Shitov, S. V., Koryukin, O. V., Uzawa, Y., Noguchi, T., Uvarov. A. V.,?Cohn, I. A., Bukovski, M. A. 2007
"Design of balanced mixers for ALMA Band-10," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17, 347-350

2006

Detection of 0.5 THz radiation from intrinsic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Josephson junctions
Batov, I.?E.., Jin, X. Y., Shitov, S. V., Koval, Y., Muller, P., Ustinov, A. V. 2006,
"Detection of 0.5 THz radiation from intrinsic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Josephson junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, , 88, 262504-1
A 385 - 500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER
Kamikura, M, Tomimura, Y, Sekimoto, Y, Asayama, S, Shan, W. L., Satou, N, Iizuka, Y, Ito, T, Kamba, T, Serizawa, Y, Noguchi, T. 2006,
"A 385 - 500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER," IJIMW
A 385-500 GHz Low Noise Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor Mixer for ALMA Band 8
Shan, W., Asayama, S., Kamikura, M., Noguchi, T., Shi, S., Sekimoto, Y. 2006,
"A 385-500 GHz Low Noise Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor Mixer for ALMA Band 8," IEICE Transactions on Electronics, E89-C, 170-176
Phase Stability Measurement of an Optical Two-Tone Signal Applied ti a Signal Reference Source for Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Interferometer
Yamada, M., Kiuchi, H., Kawanishi, T., Sakamoto, T., Tsuchiya, M., Amagai, J., & Izutsu, M. 2006,
"Phase Stability Measurement of an Optical Two-Tone Signal Applied ti a Signal Reference Source for Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Interferometer," PASJ, 58, 787-791

2005

Design consideration for a two-distributed-junction tuning circuit
Uzawa, Y., Takeda, M., Kawakami, A., Wang, Z. & Noguchi, T. 2005,
"Design consideration for a two-distributed-junction tuning circuit,"International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 189-195
A 385 - 500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER
M. Kamikura, Y. Tomimura, Y. Sekimoto, S. Asayama, W. L. Shan, N. Satou, Y. Iizuka,?T. Ito, T. Kamba, Y. Serizawa, & T. Noguchi. 2005,"A 385 - 500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER,"International J. Infrared and Millimeter Wave
Design and Development of SIS Mixers for ALMA Band 8
Shan, W. L., Noguchi, T, Shi, S. C, Sekimoto, Y. 2005
"Design and Development of SIS Mixers for ALMA Band 8,"IEEE AS, 15, 503
Radio interferometer sensitivities for three types of receiving systems: DSB, SSB, and 2SB systems
Iguchi, S. 2005,
"Radio interferometer sensitivities for three types of receiving systems: DSB, SSB, and 2SB systems,"PASJ, 57, 643-677
Parallel bit stream correlation system for very long baseline interferometry
Kiuchi, H. 2005,
"Parallel bit stream correlation system for very long baseline interferometry,"Radio Science, Vol. 40, RS5013, doi:10.1029/2005RS003282
Design and Development of SIS Mixers for ALMA Band 8
Shan, W., Noguchi, T., Shi, S-C, & Sekimoto, Y. 2005,
"Design and Development of SIS Mixers for ALMA Band 8,"IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity, 15_2, 503-506

2004

An Integrated Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Split Block for 100 GHz Band with 4.0 - 8.0 GHz IF
S. Asayama, H. Ogawa, T. Noguchi, K. Suzuki, H. Andoh, A. Mizuno. 2004,
"An Integrated Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Split Block for 100 GHz Band with 4.0 - 8.0 GHz IF," IJIRMW, 25, 107-117
A highly stable mm-wave synthesizer realized by mixing two lasers locked to an optical frequency comb generator
Musha, M., Ueda, A., Horikoshi, M., Nakagawa, K., Ishiguro,M., Ueda, K. & Ito,H. 2004,
"A highly stable mm-wave synthesizer realized by mixing two lasers locked to an optical frequency comb generator," Opt. Comm, 240, 201-208
RCartridge-type 800 GHz receiver for the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)
Sugimoto, M., Sekimoto, Y., Tatematsu, K., Kamba, T., Toba, H.,Yokogawa, S., Okuda, T., Kohno, K., Noguchi, T. Yamaguchi, N., Kandori, R. & Muraoka, K. 2004,
"RCartridge-type 800 GHz receiver for the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)," Publ. Astron. Soc.Japan, 56, 1115-1126

2003

A fixed-tuned W-band waveguide SIS mixer with 4.0-7.5 GHz IF
S. Asayama, T. Noguchi, H.Ogawa. 2003
"A fixed-tuned W-band waveguide SIS mixer with 4.0-7.5 GHz IF," IJIRMW, 24, 1091-1099
Waveguide Band-stop Filter as an Image Rejection Filter for Measurement of Stratospheric Ozone
S. Asayama, H. Ogawa, Y. Yonekura, K. Suzuki, A. Mizuno, H. Iwashita, T. Noguchi. 2003
"Waveguide Band-stop Filter as an Image Rejection Filter for Measurement of Stratospheric Ozone," IJIRMW, 24, 1833-1839
An experimental study of submillimeter-wave Horn antennae for a submillimeter-wave array
Matsunaga, M., Sekimoto, Y., Matsunaga, T., & Sakai, T. 2003,
"An experimental study of submillimeter-wave Horn antennae for a submillimeter-wave array," PASJ, 55, 1051-1057
The first radioastronomical observation with photonic local oscillator
Takano, S., Ueda, A., Yamamoto, T., Asayama, S., Sekimoto, Y., Noguchi, T., Ishiguro, M., Takara, H., Kawanishi, S., Ito, H., Hirata, A., & Nagatsuma, T. 2003,
"The first radioastronomical observation with photonic local oscillator," PASJ, 55, L53-L56
Plug-in cryogenic system for cartridge-type SIS receivers
Yokogawa, S., Sekimoto, Y., Sugimoto, M., Okuda, T., Sekiguchi, T., Kambe, T., Tatematsu, K., Nishino, T., Ogawa, H., Kimura, K., Noda, K., Narasaki, K. 2003,
"Plug-in cryogenic system for cartridge-type SIS receivers," PASJ, 55, 519-525; NROR XXX
FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola: III. Water vapor, liquid water, and 183GHz water vapor line opacities
Matsushita, S., & Matsuo, H. 2003,
"FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola: III. Water vapor, liquid water, and 183GHz water vapor line opacities," PASJ, 55, 325;

2001

A 350GHz SIS receiver on the Nobeyama 10m submillimeter telescope
Sekimoto, Y., Sakai, T., Saito, G., Tatematsu, K., Tanaka, K., Kohno, K., Noguchi, T., Iwashita, H., Takahashi, T., Satou, N., Yokogawa, S., Sakamoto, S., Ukita, N., Kawabe, R., Ito, T., Maezawa, H., & Yamamoto, S. 2001,
"A 350GHz SIS receiver on the Nobeyama 10m submillimeter telescope," PASJ, 53, 951-958
Geological and geotechnical study of LMSA site foundation in the Cerro Chascon science preserve
Yashima, A., Zhang, F., Shigematsu, H., Endo, A., Nishida, K., & Sakamoto, S. 2001,
"Geological and geotechnical study of LMSA site foundation in the Cerro Chascon science preserve,"PNAOJ, 6, 65-74

1999

FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola. II. Supra-terahertz windows and model fitting
Matsushita, S., Matsuo, H., Pardo, J. R., & Radford, S. J. E. 1999,
"FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola. II. Supra-terahertz windows and model fitting," PASJ, 51, 603;

1998

FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola
Matsuo, H., Sakamoto, A., & Matsushita, S. 1998,
"FTS measurements of submillimeter-wave atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola," PASJ, 50, 359;
Measurements of the 492 GHz atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola,
Hirota, T., Yamamoto, S., Sekimoto, Y., Kohno, K., Nakai, N., & Kawabe, R. 1998,
"Measurements of the 492 GHz atmospheric opacity at Pampa la Bola," PASJ, 50, 155; NROR 455

1996

Phase compensation experiments with the paired antennas method
Asaki, Y., Saito, M., Kawabe, R., Morita, K.-I., & Sasao, T. 1996,
"Phase compensation experiments with the paired antennas method," Radio Science, 31, 1615;

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