AC Voltage Measurements to 120 V with a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer and an Inductive Voltage Divider

Published

December 17, 2018

Author(s)

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel Benz

Abstract

We have developed a system to extend, by a factor of up to 1000, the voltage range over which Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizers (JAWS) can be used in ac voltage metrology. The system is based on a precision inductive voltage divider, with a lock-in amplifier as the detector. Using a JAWS with a maximum output voltage of 250 mV rms, we have made accurate voltage measurements up to 120 V, at frequencies from 60 Hz to 1000 Hz, with uncertainties of no more than a few microvolts per volt. We anticipate that our JAWS-based system will improve uncertainties in ac voltage metrology by one order of magnitude compared to techniques based on thermal voltage converters.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volume

68

Issue

6

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2018.2884063

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Keywords

Inductive voltage divider, Josephson junction, measurement standards, measurement techniques, quantum voltage standards

Citation

Georgakopoulos, D. , Budovsky, I. and Benz, S. (2018), AC Voltage Measurements to 120 V with a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer and an Inductive Voltage Divider, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2018.2884063, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926290 (Accessed October 13, 2025)