Precision measurements using a 300 mV Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 864-869

  Benz, S P ^a,b   Dresselhaus, P D ^b   Burroughs, C J ^b   Bergren, N F ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

AC measurements; AC voltage standard; Digital to analog converter; Josephson arrays; Josephson devices

Indexed keywords

JOSEPHSON ARBITRARY WAVEFORM SYNTHESIZERS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ARRAYS; PRECISION MEASUREMENTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 34547452231     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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