Microwave-Induced Constant Voltage Steps at Series Arrays of Josephson Tunnel Junctions with Near-Zero Current Bias
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- Vol. 33 (4), 311-315
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.1984.4315230
Abstract
Microwave-induced, constant-voltage steps in the current-voltage characteristics of Josephson tunnel junctions are used as a reference voltage in cryogenic voltage standards. This relatively low reference voltage of a few millivolts could be increased by using series arrays of tunnel junctions instead of a single junction. Series arrays consisting of 2, 6, 14, and 54 tunnel junctions were tested at a frequency of 70 GHz. The use of this relatively high frequency and of lead-alloy base electrodes allows zero crossing steps of up to 34 mV to be observed for an array with only 54 junctions when irradiated by an RF power of 32 mW. The measurements were performed at 4.2 K.Keywords
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