Operating margins of a 10 v programmable Josephson voltage standard circuit using NbN/TiNx/NbN/TiNx/NbN double-junction stacks

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 858-863

  Yamamori, Hirotake ^a   Ishizaki, Mayumi ^a   Sasaki, Hitoshi ^a   Shoji, Akira ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cryocooler; Margin; NbN; PJVS; TiNx

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRYOCOOLERS; JUNCTION STACKS; PROGRAMMABLE JOSEPHSON VOLTAGE STANDARD CIRCUITS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 34547438268     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.901444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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