Quantum Flux Parametron: A Single Quantum Flux Device for Josephson Supercomputer

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 77-89

  Hosoya, Mutsumi ^a   Hioe, Willy ^a   Casas, Juan ^a   Kamikawai, Ryotaro ^a   Harada, Yutaka ^a   Wada, Yasou ^a   Nakane, Hideaki ^a   Suda, Reiji ^a   Goto, Eiichi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS, SUPERCOMPUTER--SWITCHING; ELECTRONS--TUNNELING; QUANTUM THEORY--APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES--JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS;

FLUX TRANSFER DEVICES; JOSEPHSON LOGIC DEVICES; QUANTUM FLUX PARAMETRON; SINGLE QUANTUM FLUX DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING SWITCHING DEVICES;

LOGIC DEVICES;

EID: 0026168976     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.84613     Document Type: Article

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