Paper

One-Volt Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

Volume Number:
25
Issue Number:
1
Publication Date:
Publication Date
February 2015

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A quantum-accurate waveform with an rms output amplitude of 1 V has been synthesized for the first time. This fourfold increase in voltage over previous systems was achieved through developments and improvements in bias electronics, pulse-bias techniques, Josephson junction array circuit fabrication, and packaging. A recently described ac-coupled bipolar pulse-bias technique was used to bias a superconducting integrated circuit with 25 600 junctions, which are equally divided into four series-connected arrays, into the second quantum state. We describe these advancements and present the measured 1 V spectra for 2 Hz and 10 Hz sine waves that remained quantized over a 0.4 mA current range. We also demonstrate a 2 kHz sine wave produced with another bias technique that requires no compensation current and remains quantized at an rms voltage of 128 mV over a 1 mA current range. Increasing the clock frequency to 19 GHz also allowed us to achieve a maximum rms output voltage for a single array of 330 mV.

Country
USA
Affiliation
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
IEEE Region
Region 05 (Southwestern U.S.)
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Affiliation
National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST)
IEEE Region
Region 05 (Southwestern U.S.)
Email