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Direct comparison of a Pulse-driven Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer and a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard at 1 Volt

July 9, 2016
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Anna Fox, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
We have performed direct ac comparisons between two types of quantum voltage standards, a pulse- driven Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer and a programmable Josephson voltage standard, at 1 V rms amplitude and a frequency of 100 Hz. The system

Josephson-Based Full Digital Bridge for High-Accuracy Impedance Comparisons

July 9, 2016
Author(s)
Frederic Overney, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Jason Underwood, Andrew D. Koffman, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a Josephson-based impedance bridge capable of comparing any types of impedance over a large bandwidth. The heart of the bridge is a dual AC Josephson Voltage Standards (ACJVS) source which offers unprecedented flexibility in high

Simultaneous Double Waveform Synthesis with a Single Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

July 9, 2016
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Paul Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz, Bryan C. Waltrip, Thomas L. Nelson
We have recently demonstrated new 2 V PJVS devices configured with two voltage outputs and two sets of least significant bits in order to simultaneously generate two independent stepwise output waveforms. This development improves upon our previous

Josephson-Based Full Digital Bridge for High-Accuracy Impedance Comparisons

June 24, 2016
Author(s)
Frederic Overney, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Jason Underwood, Andrew D. Koffman, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a Josephson-based full digital impedance bridge capable of comparing any two impedances, regardless of type (R-C, R-L, or L-C), over a large frequency range. At the heart of the bridge are two Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

Cryocooled 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

December 11, 2014
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Logan A. Howe, Anna E. Fox, Robert E. Schwall, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz
Improvements in fabrication and packaging of our 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard circuits have enabled the successful operation of these devices on a cryocooler. Limited cooling power and temperature oscillations at the chip must not

Cryocooled 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

December 11, 2014
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Logan A. Howe, Anna Fox, Robert E. Schwall, Paul Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz
Implementation of programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) circuits on cryocooler at 4 K is a challenge. The limited cooling power of the cryocoolers has to balance the heat dissipated by the PJVS circuit in order to maintain a stable temperature

Junction Yield Analysis for 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard Devices

December 5, 2014
Author(s)
Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Aric W. Sanders, Samuel P. Benz
Analysis of the Josephson junction yield in the National Institute of Standards and Technology 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) has been performed by fabricating and measuring over 25 million Nb/NbxSi1-x/Nb junctions. Using the 265,116

Performance Improvements for the NIST 1 V Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

November 10, 2014
Author(s)
Samuel P. Benz, Steven B. Waltman, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Logan A. Howe, Robert E. Schwall, Nathan E. Flowers-Jacobs
The performance of the NIST Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer has been improved such that it generates a root-mean-square (RMS) output voltage of 1 V with an operating current range greater than 2 mA. Our previous 1 V JAWS circuit achieved this same

NIST 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard System Using a Low Capacity Cryocooler

November 6, 2014
Author(s)
Logan A. Howe, Anna Fox, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz, Robert E. Schwall
Rising costs of and difficulty in obtaining liquid helium in many areas of the world provides strong motivation for cryogen-free operation of superconducting devices such as NIST Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) systems. However, operation on

1 V Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

September 17, 2014
Author(s)
Samuel P. Benz, Steven B. Waltman, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Jason M. Underwood, Charles J. Burroughs
A quantum-accurate waveform with a root-mean-square (RMS) output amplitude of 1 V has been synthesized for the first time. This four-fold increase in voltage over previous systems was achieved through developments and improvements in bias electronics

AC Waveform Source Referenced to a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

August 24, 2014
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Bryan C. Waltrip, Stephane P. Solve, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
We are integrating an AC waveform source into our Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard system (PJVS). The objective is to provide a convenient, highly automated quantum-referenced source for ac voltage metrology that does not require the use of a

Direct Comparison of two NIST PJVS systems at 10 V

August 27, 2013
Author(s)
Stephane Solve, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz
Two NIST Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) systems have been directly compared at 10V using different nanovoltmeters at the temperature of the laboratory. These PJVS systems use arrays double-stacked superconducting-niobium Josephson junctions

Method for Ensuring Accurate AC Waveforms with Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

June 1, 2013
Author(s)
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
The amplitudes of stepwise-approximated sine waves generated by programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) are not intrinsically accurate because the transitions between the quantized voltages depend on numerous conditions. We have developed a method

A 10 V programmable Josephson voltage standard and its applications for voltage metrology

September 3, 2012
Author(s)
Yi-hua D. Tang, Vijay Ojha, Stephan Schlamminger, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
The concept of a programmable Josephson voltage standard was first proposed in 1997. Since then a significant amount of research and development work has been devoted to the fabrication of the programmable Josephson junction array and its deployment in a

A Digital-to-Analog Converter with a Voltage Standard Reference

July 1, 2012
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
Commercially available 20-bit digital to analog converters (DACs) have the potential to impact the field of low frequency voltage metrology. We measured a linearity of ±6 µV (±0.6 µV/V full scale) over the 10 V range for such a DAC with a Zener voltage

Method for Ensuring Accurate AC Waveforms with Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

July 1, 2012
Author(s)
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus
The amplitudes of stepwise-approximated sine waves produced by programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVSs) are not intrinsically accurate because the transitions between the quantized voltages depend on numerous conditions. We have developed a method

AC Power Standard Using a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

April 1, 2009
Author(s)
Bryan C. Waltrip, Bo Gong, Thomas L. Nelson, Yicheng Wang, Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
This paper describes the implementation of a new quantum-based system for the generation of 120 V rms, 5 A rms, sinusoidal, active and reactive power over the 50 Hz to 400 Hz frequency range. The system accurately relates the spectral amplitudes and phases

Precision Differential Sampling Measurements of Low-Frequency Synthesized Sine Waves with an AC Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

April 1, 2009
Author(s)
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Bryan C. Waltrip, Thomas L. Nelson
We have developed a precision technique to measure sine wave sources with the use of a quantum-accurate ac programmable Josephson voltage standard. This paper describes a differential method that uses an integrating sampling voltmeter to precisely