Accuracy of a cryocooler-based programmable Josephson voltage standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 822-825

  Behr, Ralf ^a   Schubert, Marco ^b   May, Torsten ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(SINIS) Josephson arrays; Compact microwave source; Comparison; Cryocooler; Voltage standard

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROWAVES; STANDARDS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

COMPACT MICROWAVE SOURCE; CRYOCOOLER;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 2942620726     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.827068     Document Type: Article

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