Articles

» P. B. Tissera, R. J. Assef, S. Prat Letelier, C. San Martin, R. Finger, J. S. Jenkins, D. Minniti "Fostering a culture of technology transfer in astrophysics",
Nature Astronomy (2026).

» D. Gallardo, R. Finger, F. Solis, D. Monasterio, S. Jorquera, J. Pizarro, J. Riquelme, F. Curotto, F. Pizarro and L. Bronfman, ”An Ultra-Wideband Dual Polarization Antenna Array for the Detection and Localization of Bright Fast Radio Transients in the Milky Way”
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation (2024).

» F. P. Mena, D. Valenzuela, C. Espinoza, F. Pizarro, B.-K. Tan, D. J. Thoen, J. J. A. Baselmans, R. Finger, ”Modeling and Testing Superconducting Artificial CPW Lines Suitable for Parametric Amplification”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (2024).

» David Monasterio, Sebastian Jorquera, Franco Curotto, Camilo Espinoza, Ricardo Finger and Leonardo Bronfman, ”A Proof of Concept Balanced Mixer with the use of a Digital IF Power Combiner to Improve LO Noise Rejection”
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2023).

» Diana Cubillos, Camilo Espinoza, David Monasterio, José Pizarro, Leonardo Bronfman, Ricardo Finger and F. Patricio Mena, ”Design and Optimization of a Broadband Waveguide‐to‐50 Ä‐Microstrip Transition for Q‐Band Applications with Low‐Loss and Easy Scalability”
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (2023).

» Javier Carrasco, Daniel Valenzuela, Claudio Falcón, Ricardo Finger and Fausto Patricio Mena, ”The Effect of Complex Dispersion and Characteristic Impedance on the Gain of Superconducting Traveling-Wave Kinetic Inductance Parametric Amplifiers”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (2023).

» David Monasterio, Nelson Castro, José Pizarro, Francisco Pizarro, and F. Patricio Mena, ”A Mode-Suppressing Metasurface for Large-Width MMICs Suitable for Tightly-Packaged Millimeter and Submillimeter Heterodyne Receivers”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2021).

» Diego Gallardo, David Monasterio, Ricardo Finger, F. Patricio Mena, Leonardo Bronfman, ”A Compact Metamaterial-Based Antenna for Multiband Phased Array Applications”
(2021).

» Franco Curotto, Ricardo Finger, Takafumi Kojima, Kazunori Uemizu, Álvaro González, Yoshinori Uzawa and Leonardo Bronfman, ”Digital calibration test results for Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array band 7+8 sideband separating receiver
(2021).

» Daniel Montofre, Andrey Khudchenko, Fausto Patricio Mena, Ronald Hesper, and Andrey M. Baryshev, ”Single-Layer Dichroic Filters for Multifrequency Receivers at THz Frequencies”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2020).

» Daniel Arturo Montofré, Rocio Molina, Andrey Khudchenko, Ronald Hesper, Andrey M. Baryshev, Nicolas Reyes, and Fausto Patricio Mena, ”High-Performance Smooth-Walled Horn Antennas for THz Frequency Range: Design and Evaluation”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2020).

» Andrey Khudchenko, Ronald Hesper, Andrey M. Baryshev, Jan Barkhof, Kirill Rudakov, Daniel Montofré, Duc van Nguyen, Valery P. Koshelets, Pavel N. Dmitriev, Michael Fominsky, Christopher Heiter, Stefan Heyminck, Rolf Güsten, and Bernd Klein, ”Design and Performance of a Sideband Separating SIS Mixer for 800–950 GHz”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2020).

» P. Yagoubov, T. Mroczkowski, V. Belitsky, D. Cuadrado-Calle, F. Cuttaia, G. A. Fuller, J.-D. Gallego, A. Gonzalez, K. Kaneko, P. Mena, R. Molina, R. Nesti, V. Tapia, F. Villa, M. Beltrán, F. Cavaliere, J. Ceru, G. E. Chesmore, K. Coughlin, C. De Breuck, M. Fredrixon, D. George, H. Gibson, J. Golec, A. Josaitis, F. Kemper, M. Kotiranta, I. Lapkin, I. López-Fernández, G. Marconi, S. Mariotti, W. McGenn, J. McMahon, A. Murk, F. Pezzotta, N. Phillips, N. Reyes, S. Ricciardi, M. Sandri, M. Strandberg, L. Terenzi, L. Testi, B. Thomas, Y. Uzawa, D. Viganò, and N. Wadefalk ”Wideband 67-116 GHz receiver development for ALMA Band 2”
Astronomy & Astrophysics (2020).

» Monasterio, D., Jarufe, C., Gallardo, D., Reyes, N., Mena, F. P., & Bronfman, L. (2019). A compact sideband separating downconverter with excellent return loss and good conversion gain for the W band.
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 9(6), 572-580. (2019).

» R. Finger, F. Curotto, R. Fuentes, R. Duan, L. Bronfman and D. Li ”A FPGA-based Fast Converging Digital Adaptive Filter for Real-time RFI Mitigation on Ground Based Radio Telescopes”
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2018).

» N. Reyes, F. Casado, V, Tapia, C, Jarufe, R. Finger, L. Bronfman ”Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Engineering and 3D-Printing Polymers at Q-Band”
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (2018).

» C. Jarufe, R. Rodríguez, V. Tapia, P. Astudillo, D. Monasterio, R. Molina, F. P. Mena, N. Reyes, L. Bronfman ”Optimized Corrugated Tapered Slot Antenna for mm-Wave Applications”
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION 66, 1227-1235 (2018).

» A. Khudchenko, R. Hesper, A. М. Baryshev, J. Barkhof and F. P. Mena, “Modular 2SB SIS Receiver for 600-720 GHz: Performance and Characterization Methods”,
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 7, 2-9 (2017).

» R. Hesper, A. Khudchenko, A. M. Baryshev, J. Barkhof, and F. P. Mena, “A High-Performance 650-GHz Sideband-Separating Mixer—Design and Results”,
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 7, 686-693 (2017).

» J. Griffin, F. Diaz; E. Geerling; M. Clasing; V. Ponce; C. Taylor; S. Turner; E. Michael; P. Mena; and L. Bronfman, “Control of deviations and prediction of surface roughness from micro machining of THz waveguides using acoustic emission signals”,
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 85, 1020. 2017.

» A. González, V. Tapia, R. Finger, C.-D. Huang, S. Asayama, Y.-D. Huang, "ALMA band 1 optics (35-50 GHz): Tolerance analysis, effect of cryostat infrared filters and cold beam measurements",
J Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Volume 38, Issue 10, pp 1215–1231, 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s10762-017-0414-x.

» V. Tapia, A. González, R. Finger, F. P. Mena, D. Monasterio, N. Reyes, M. Sánchez, and L Bronfman. "High efficiency wideband refractive optics for ALMA Band-1 (35-52 GHz) Design, implementation and measurement results",
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2016.

» A.M. Baryshev, R. Hesper, F.P. Mena, et al., "Omnidirectional bond-wire array antenna for 60 GHz wireless communication",
European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE Xplore, 2015.

» A. M. Baryshev, R. Hesper, F. P. Mena, T. M. Klapwijk, T. A. van Kempen, M. R. Hogerheijde, B. D. Jackson, J. Adema, G. J. Gerlofsma, M. E. Bekema, J. Barkhof, L. H. R. de Haan-Stijkel, M. van den Bemt, A. Koops, K. Keizer, C. Pieters, J. Koops van het Jagt, H. H. A. Schaeffer, T. Zijlstra, M. Kroug, C. F. J. Lodewijk, K. Wielinga, W. Boland, M. W. M. de Graauw, E. F. van Dishoeck, H. Jager, and W. Wild, "The ALMA Band 9 receiver. Design, construction, characterization, and first light",
Astronomy & Astrophysics February 24, 2015.

» R. Finger, F.P. Mena, A. Baryshev, A. Khudchenko, R. Rodriguez, E. Huaracan, A. Alvear, J. Barkhof, R. den Hartog, and L. Bronfman, "Ultra-pure digital sideband separation at sub-millimeter wavelengths",
Astronomy & Astrophysics September 17, 2015.

» A. Gonzalez, V. Tapia, R. Finger, S. Asayama, T. Huang, "Alternative Optics Design for the ALMA band 1 Receiver (35-52 GHz)",
EuCAP 2015, Millimetre-wave, submillimetre-wave and Terahertz antennas 2015.

» R. Rodríguez, R. Finger, F. Mena, N. Reyes, E. Michael, L. Bronfman, "A Sideband-separating Receiver with a Calibrated Digital If-Hybrid Spectrometer for the Millimeter Band",
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 126, No. 938, April 2014.

» S. Ishii, M. Seta, N. Nakai, Y. Miyamoto, M. Nagai, H. Maezawa, T. Nagasaki, N. Miyagawa, H. Motoyama, Y. Sekimoto, and L. Bronfman. “Development of a Transportable Telescope for Galactic Survey at 500 GHz in Antarctica”
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 3, 15. 2013.

» N. Reyes, P. Zorzi, J. Pizarro, R. Finger, F.P. Mena, L. Bronfman, “A Dual Ridge Broadband Orthomode Transducer for the 7-mm Band,”
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 33, 1203-1210, 2012.

» P. Zorzi, C. Granet, F. Colleoni, N. Reyes, J. Pizarro, P. Mena, L. Bronfman, "Construction and measurement of a 31.3-45 GHz Optimized Spline- profile horn with corrugations",
Journal of Infrared Millimeter wave and terahertz waves, October 2011.

» R. Rodriguez, R. Finger, F. P. Mena, A. Alvear, R. Fuentes, A. Baryshev, A. Khudchenko, R. Hesper, N. Reyes and L. Bronfman, “Digital compensation of the side-band-rejection ratio in a fully-analog 2SB sub-millimeter receiver”,
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, in print.

Conferences

» D. Valenzuela, F.P. Mena and J. Baselmans, "Modelling dielectric losses in microstrip traveling-wave kinetic-inductance parametric amplifiers",
ISSTT, April 2019.

» Y. Hwang, Ch. Chiong, Y. Huang, C. Huang, C. Liu, F. Hsieh, Y. Tseng, P. Chiang, C. Chang, C. Ho, S. Jian, C. Lee, Y. Lee, A. Gonzalez, J. Effland, K. Saini, M. Pospieszalski, R. Finger, V. Tapia, N. Reyes, "Performance of the First Three Preproduction 35-50 GHz Receiver Front-Ends for Atacama Large Millimeter / Submillimeter Array",
European Microwave Association Congress EuMC/EuMIC, 2017.

» F. Toledo, R. Rodríguez, R. Rondanelli, R. Aguirre and M. Díaz, "SDR Cloud Radar development with reused radio telescope components,"
First IEEE International Symposium of Geoscience and Remote Sensing (GRSS-CHILE), Valdivia, 2017, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/GRSS-CHILE.2017.7996016.

» P. Yagoubov, A. González, V. Tapia, N. Reyes, F.P. Mena, R. Nesti, F. Cuttaia, S. Ricciardi, F. Villa, "67–116 GHz optics development for ALMA band 2–3 receivers",
IRMMW-THz, Sept. 2016, DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758971.

» Y. Huang, O. Morata, P. M. Koch, C. Kemper, Y. Hwang, C. Chiong, P. Ho, Y. Chu, C. Huang, C. Liu, F. Hsieh, Y. Tseng, S. Weng, C. Ho, P. Chiang, H. Wu, C. Chang, S. Jian, C. Lee, Y. Lee, S. Iguchi, S. Asayama, D. Iono, A. Gonzalez, J. Effland, K. Saini, M. Pospieszalski, D. Henke, K. Yeung, R. Finger, V. Tapia, N. Reyes, "The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Band-1 receiver",
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, UK, June 2016, DOI: 10.1117/12.2232193.

» Y. Hwang, C. Chiong, Y. Huang, C. Huang, C. Liu, Y. Kuo, S. Weng, C. Ho, P. Chiang, H. Wu, C. Chang, S. Jian, C. Lee, Y. Lee, M. Pospieszalski, D. Henke, R. Finger, V. Tapia, A. Gonzalez, "Band-1 receiver front-end cartridges for Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA): design and development toward production",
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, United Kingdom, June 2016, DOI: 10.1117/12.2231547.

» V. Tapia, R. Nesti, A. González, I. Barrueto, F. P. Mena, N. Reyes, F. Villa, F. Cuttaia, P. Yagoubov, "An ultra-broadband optical system for ALMA Band 2+3",
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, United Kingdom, June 2016, DOI: 10.1117/12.2233143.

» A. Gonzalez, V. Tapia, N. Reyes, F. P. Mena, R. Nesti, F. Villa, F. Cuttaia, A. de Rosa, A. M. di Giorgio, A. Morbidini, P. Yagoubov, "ALMA Band 2+3(67-116 GHz) optics design and first measurements",
IEEE Antenna and Propagation Symposium / USNC URSI, June 2016, DOI: 10.1109/APS.2016.7696305.

» A. Gonzalez, S. Asayama, V. Tapia, R. Finger, D. Monasterio, N. Reyes, "Effects of cryostat infrared filters on the performance of ALMA band 1 (35-52 GHz) receiver optics",
IEEE Antenna and Propagation Symposium, June 2016, DOI:10.1109/APS.2016.7695899.

» P. Vásquez, P. Astudillo, R. Rodriguez, D. Monasterio, N. Reyes, R. Finger, P. Mena, L. Bronfman. "New instrumentation for the 1.2m Southern Millimeter Wave Telescope (SMWT)."
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991428, July 2016, DOI: 10.1117/12.2233184.

» A. Alvear; R. Finger, R. Fuentes, R. Sapunar, T. Geelen, F. Curotto, R. Rodríguez, D. Monasterio, N. Reyes, P. Mena, L. Bronfman. "FPGA-based digital signal processing for the next generation radio astronomy instruments: ultra-pure sideband separation and polarization detection."
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 99141E, July 2016, DOI: 10.1117/12.2233090.

» "N. Reyes, V. Tapia, M. Sánchez-Carrasco, P. Mena, L. Bronfman, D. Henke and S. Claude, "An optical system design for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array",
SPIE Newsroom. DOI: 10.1117/2.1201406.005364, Canada, June 2014.

» N. Reyes, V. Tapia, D. Henke, M. Sanchez-Carrasco, F. P. Mena, S. M. X. Claude, L. Bronfman, "Design of the optical system for ALMA band 1",
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Canada, June 2014, DOI: 10.1117/12.2055170.

» "A calibrated digital sideband separating spectrometer for radio astronomy applications",
24th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Groningen, The Netherlands, April 8-10, 2013.

» N. Reyes; C. Jarufe; F. P. Mena; J. Pizarro; L. Bronfman; J. May, “Amplification system of ALMA Band 1”,
in Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V, edited by Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas, USA, July 2010.

» P. Zorzi, D. Henke, S. Claude & P. Mena., “Revisiting the ALMA Band 1 Optics Design,"
Proceedings of the 21th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Oxford, March 23-25, 2010.

» N. Reyes, P. Zorzi, C. Jarufe, P. Altamirano, F. P. Mena, J. Pizarro, L. Bronfman, J. May, C.Granet, and E. Michael. “Construction of a Heterodyne Receiver for Band 1 of ALMA”.
Proceedings of the 21th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Oxford, March 23-25, 2010.

» O. Nyström, H. Rashid, B. Billade, E. Sundin, M. Fredrixson, G. Johnsen, I. Lapkin, D. Meledin, M. Strandberg, R. Finger, A. Pavolotsky, V. Desmaris, and V. Belitsky, “Integrated Setup for THz Receiver Characterization”,
Proceedings of the 21th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Oxford, March 23-25, 2010.

» N. Reyes, P. Zorzi, F. P. Mena, C. Granet, E. Michael, L. Bronfman, and J. May, “Design of a Heterodyne Receiver for Band 1 of ALMA”,
Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Charlottesville, USA, April 20-22, 2009.

» V. Belitsky, I. Lapkin, B. Billade, E. Sundin, A. Pavolotsky, D. Meledin, V. Desmaris, M. Strandberg, R. Finger, O. Nyström, M. Fredrixon, S.-E. Ferm, H. Rashid, D. Henke, “Prototype ALMA Band 5 Cartridge: Design and Performance”,
Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Charlottesville, USA, April 20-22, 2009.

» D. Gallardo, R. Finger, D. Monasterio, S. Jorquera, J. Pizarro, F. Guajardo, F. Solis, M. Prieto, C. Saldaña, C. Avilés, J. Riquelme, D. Cubillos, L. Bronfman, "Radiovision: Implementation of a Smart Antenna Array for the Localization of Mobile Phones".

» F. Solís, R. Finger, D. Gallardo, S. Jorquera, W. Max-Moerbeck, D. Monasterio, J. Pizarro, M. Prieto, C. Avilés, L. Bronfman, "Implementation of an astronomy experiment for galactic Fast Radio Burst detection".

» S. Jorquera, D. Monasterio, F. Curotto, C. Espinoza, R. Finger, L. Bronfman, "A proof of concept balanced mixer with the use of a digital IF power combiner to improve LO noise rejection".

» R. van Kemenade, C. Jarufe, R. Finger, A.B. Smolders and L. Bronfman, "8-Element Wide-Beam Circular Bond-Wire Array Antenna for 60 GHz Wireless Communication".

» F.Solís, R.Finger, D.Gallardo, S.Jorquera, D.Monasterio, W.Max-Moerbeck, M.Prieto, T.Cassanelli, M.Cruces, C.San Martín, J.Retamal, J.Pizarro, C.Avilés, C. Espinoza, and L.Bronfmann “The Astronomical Radio Transient Experiment (ARTE): assembly, integration, and verification”,
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