Picosecond Applications of Josephson Junctions

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1980, Pages 1945-1965

  Mcdonald, Donald G ^a   Peterson, Robert L ^a   Hamilton, Clark A ^a   Harris, Richard E ^a   Kautz, Richard L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0019069275     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1980.20132     Document Type: Article

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