Realization of a square-wave voltage with externally-shunted SIS Josephson junction arrays for a quantum AC voltage standard

Jaani Nissilä; Antti Kemppinen; Kari Ojasalo; Juha Hassel; Antti Manninen; Panu Helistö; Heikki Seppä

doi:10.1109/TIM.2004.843117

Realization of a square-wave voltage with externally-shunted SIS Josephson junction arrays for a quantum AC voltage standard

Jaani Nissilä, Antti Kemppinen, Kari Ojasalo, Juha Hassel, Antti Manninen, Panu Helistö, Heikki Seppä

Centre for Metrology and Accreditation Finland (MIKES)

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Abstract

A quantum-based ac voltage standard operating from about 1 Hz up to 10 kHz at 1 V is being developed. The standard is based on relating the output of a stable sine generator to a square wave obtained by biasing a nonhysteretic Josephson junction array alternately at steps n = -2 and n = +2. We have constructed a bias current source and a buffer amplifier connected to the array which enable fast switching between steps. In this paper, we describe the system used for generation of the square wave and present experimental results which show that the accuracy of the fundamental frequency component amplitude of the square wave is sufficient for realization of a standard with accuracy better than 1 * 10^-6.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	636 - 640
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2004.843117
Publication status	Published - 2005
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

AC
Josephson voltage array (JVA)
Josephson junction arrays
square voltage
voltage standard
Josephson junction

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