Josephson voltage standards

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1216-1228

  Kohlmann, Johannes ^a   Behr, Ralf ^a   Funck, Torsten ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conventional and programmable Josephson; Quantum voltmeter; SINIS Josephson series arrays; SIS Josephson series arrays; Voltage standards

Indexed keywords

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; STANDARDS;

SINGLE FLUX QUANTUM-BASED VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS;

VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

STANDARD;

EID: 0043241744     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/8/305     Document Type: Article

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