AC-DC transfer standard measurements and generalized compensation with the AC Josephson voltage standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Kieler, Oliver F O ^a   Landim, Regis Pinheiro ^b   Benz, Samuel P ^c   Dresselhaus, Paul D ^c   Burroughs Jr , Charles J ^c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Digital analog conversion; Josephson arrays; Quantization; Signal synthesis; Standards; Superconductor normal superconductor (SNS) devices; Voltage measurement

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

JOSEPHSON ARRAYS; JOSEPHSON VOLTAGE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; SIGNAL SYNTHESIS;

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION;

EID: 41549147703     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.913817     Document Type: Article

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