Practical high-resolution programmable josephson voltage standards using double- and triple-stacked MoSi2-barrier junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 461-464

  Chong, Yonuk ^a   Burroughs, C J ^a   Dresselhaus, P D ^a   Hadacek, N ^a   Yamamori, H ^b   Benz, S P ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Josephson arrays; Programmable voltage standard; Superconducting integrated circuits; Superconductor normal superconductor devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROWAVES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

JOSEPHSON ARRAYS; PROGRAMMABLE VOLTAGE STANDARD; SUPERCONDUCTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SUPERCONDUCTOR-NORMAL-SUPERCONDUCTOR DEVICES;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 22044445693     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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