Recent Progress In The Development Of French Thz Schottky Diodes For Astrophysics, Planetology And Atmospheric Study

During the last 10 years the LERMA-Observatoire de Paris in close collaboration with C2N has made a great progress in the development of the French technology of THz electronic components based on Schottky diodes. By bringing together the unique knowledge and skills of both laboratories, we have developed the submillimeter devices at 300GHz, 600GHz and 1.2 THz. with state-of-the-art performances. These devices are selected today for the submillimeter wave instrument (SWI) instrument of the Jupiter Icy moon Explorer (JUICE) satellite, ESA's first class I. mission. The progress made over the last years and our future work on the device miniaturization and increasing working frequency will he discussed in this presentation.