Precision differential sampling measurements of low-frequency synthesized sine waves with an AC programmable Josephson voltage standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-815

  Rufenacht, Alain ^a   Burroughs Jr , Charles J ^a   Benz, Samuel P ^a   Dresselhaus, Paul D ^a   Waltrip, Bryan C ^a   Nelson, Tom L ^a  

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; STANDARDIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL - ANALOG CONVERSION; JOSEPHSON ARRAYS; POWER MEASUREMENT; QUANTIZATION; SIGNAL SYNTHESIS; SUPERCONDUCTOR - NORMAL - SUPERCONDUCTOR DEVICES;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 63449107834     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.2008087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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