Josephson series arrays for programmable 10-V SINIS Josephson voltage standards and for Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizers based on SNS junctions

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 472-475

  Kohlmann, Johannes ^a   Müller, Franz ^a   Kieler, Oliver ^a   Behr, Ralf ^a   Palafox, Luis ^a   Kahmann, Martin ^a   Niemeyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS); Programmable Josephson voltage standards; SINIS and SNS Josephson junctions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; STANDARDS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BINARY-DIVIDED ARRAYS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; JOSEPHSON ARBITRARY WAVEFORM SYNTHESIZERS; PROGRAMMABLE JOSEPHSON VOLTAGE STANDARDS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 34047208794     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.891077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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