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Evaluation of a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer at Low Voltages for the Calibration of Lock-In Amplifiers

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Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel P. Benz

Abstract

We have evaluated a Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS) in the voltage range from 1 μV to 1 mV at frequencies from 60 to 1000 Hz for the use in the calibration of lock-in amplifiers. The uncertainty contribution from the JAWS system is 45 nV for 1 mV at 1000 Hz and k = 2.0. We anticipate that the JAWS will help extend the lower voltage and frequency range of ac voltage metrology and improve the uncertainties by one order of magnitude compared to conventional techniques.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume
70
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2020.3048795
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Keywords

Electric potential, Josephson junction, measurement uncertainty, voltage measurement, voltage standards
Superconducting electronics

Citation

Georgakopoulos, D. , Budovsky, I. and Benz, S. (2021), Evaluation of a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer at Low Voltages for the Calibration of Lock-In Amplifiers, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2020.3048795 (Accessed October 20, 2025)

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Created January 3, 2021, Updated January 23, 2021
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