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Alireza Panna, Marlin E. Kraft, Albert Rigosi, George R. Jones Jr., Shamith Payagala, Mattias Kruskopf, Dean G. Jarrett, Randolph Elmquist
We describe recent scaling measurements to decade resistance levels based on both cryogenic and non-cryogenic current comparator bridges. National measurement institutes and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures derive traceability for the SI
Ilya F. Budovsky, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Samuel P. Benz
We use a precision inductive voltage divider and a lock-in amplifier to extend the voltage range of a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer (JAWS) with a maximum voltage of 250 mV rms to provide accurate voltage measurements up to 120 V. Experimental
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel P. Benz, G. Gubler
In this work we use the Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer to provide traceability for the phase of the harmonics of a distorted waveform, relative to its fundamental. For distorted waveforms with rms values in the range from 0.154 V to 0.2 V and
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
The voltage error associated with the leakage current of programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) is one of the largest contributions to the uncertainty in direct comparison of voltage standards. Due to the parallel biasing scheme of the PJVS and
Justus Brevik, Christine A. Donnelly, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Anna Fox, Pete Hopkins, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
We have measured the frequency-dependent voltage output up to 100 MHz of a modified version of the Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer. An impedance-matching resistor was integrated within the Josephson junction array circuit to match the nominally
Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Steven B. Waltman, Justus Brevik, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a new generation of Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizers which generate ac waveforms with a root-mean-squared (rms) amplitude of 3 V over a quantum-accurate operating range greater than 1 mA at 1 kHz. This system is composed of
Varun Verma, Martin Stevens, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Li Chen, Dirk Schwarzer, Jascha A. Lau
We evaluate the performance of a mid-infrared emission spectrometer operating at wavelengths between 2 and 7 υm based on an amorphous tungsten silicide (a-WSi) superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD). To demonstrate the spectrometer's
Malcolm S. Durkin, Joel C. Weber, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom
The ever-increasing sizes of transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter arrays motivates improved multiplexed readout with large multiplexing factors, low power dissipation, and low levels of crosstalk. Current-summed code division multiplexing (I-CDM)
Burm Baek, Michael L. Schneider, Matthew R. Pufall, William H. Rippard
We investigate the supercurrent transport characteristics of Ni-barrier Josephson junctions with various barrier multilayer structures. Our device fabrication and magneto-electrical measurement methods provide high enough statistics and rigor necessary for
Alain Rufenacht, Stephane Solve, M Maruyama, Chiharu Urano, Nobu Kaneko
For the first time, the BIPMs new transportable programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) has been used for an on-site comparison at the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Joseph W. Fowler, Christine G. Pappas, Bradley K. Alpert, William B. Doriese, Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz
We consider how to analyze microcalorimeter pulses for quantities that are nonlinear in the data, while preserving the signal-to-noise advantages of linear optimal filtering. We apply the approach to compute the electrothermal feedback energy deficit (the
Samuel P. Benz, Joachim Fischer, Bernd Fellmuth, Christof Gaiser, Laurent Pitre, Fernando Sparasci, Lara Risegari, Roberto M. Gavioso, D M. Rippa, Bengt Hallstedt, Jifeng Qu, XiaoJuan Feng, Jianqiang Zhang, David R. White, L Gianfrani, A Castrillo, L Moretti, B Darquie, C Daussy, S Briaudeau, O Kozlova, J J. Segovia, M C. Martin, D del Campo, Michael R. Moldover
The International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), at its meeting in October 2017 followed the recommendation of the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU) on the redefinition of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole. For the redefinition of the
Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Alessio Pollarolo, Kevin Coakley, Adam C. Weis, Anna Fox, Horst Rogalla, Weston L. Tew, Samuel Benz
In preparation for the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI), five different electronic measurements of the Boltzmann constant have been performed using different Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) systems over the past seven years. In this