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2 V Pulse-Driven Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

Published

Author(s)

Nathan E. Flowers-Jacobs, Alain Rufenacht, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

Abstract

We created a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer (JAWS) with a root-mean-square (rms) output magnitude of 2 V. This system is composed of two 1 V chips operating on a cryocooler. By controlling the relative phase of the two chips’ output voltage, we add the voltages in quadrature and create rms output voltages between (1+1) V=2 V and (1-1) V=0 V. We use this control to compare the two halves of the system as a function of the relative phase, and measure a difference of 8 parts in 10^8 at a nominal rms amplitude of 1 V and 1 kHz.
Conference Dates
July 10-15, 2016
Conference Location
Ottawa
Conference Title
Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements

Keywords

Digital-analog conversion, Josephson junction arrays, Measurement standards, Signal synthesis, Superconducting integrated circuits, Voltage measurement

Citation

Flowers-Jacobs, N. , Rufenacht, A. , Fox, A. , Dresselhaus, P. and Benz, S. (2016), 2 V Pulse-Driven Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer, Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, Ottawa, -1, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/CPEM.2016.7540601 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created July 10, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018