Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer as a Reference Standard for the Measurement of the Phase of Harmonics in Distorted Waveforms

Published

November 14, 2018

Author(s)

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel Benz, G. Gubler

Abstract

We have used the Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS) to provide traceability for the phase of the harmonics, relative to its fundamental, of a distorted waveform. For distorted waveforms with rms values from 0.154 V to 0.2 V and harmonic magnitudes from 5% to 40% of the fundamental, our system can generate odd harmonics up to the 39th with phase uncertainties from 0.002° to 0.010° (k=2.0), depending on the harmonic number and harmonic magnitude. We anticipate that the ability of the JAWS to generate distorted waveforms with the lowest possible uncertainty in the magnitude and phase spectra will make it a unique tool for low- frequency spectrum analysis.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volume

68

Issue

6

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2018.2877828

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Keywords

Digital-analog conversion, Josephson arrays, Quantization, Signal synthesis, Standards, Superconducting integrated circuits, Voltage measurement, Power Measurement

Citation

Georgakopoulos, D. , Budovsky, I. , Benz, S. and Gubler, G. (2018), Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer as a Reference Standard for the Measurement of the Phase of Harmonics in Distorted Waveforms, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2018.2877828, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926251 (Accessed October 10, 2025)