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In this chapter, we shall briefly review the background of sub-mm astronomy, followed by a brief description of selected sub-mm telescopes, with emphasis on the concept of the heterodyne receiver and the use of SIS tunnel junctions as coherent detectors.
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Tan, BK. (2016). Introduction. In: Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19363-2_1
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