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If this room-temperature superconductivity result is real, I have high hopes on the improvements they can possibly bring to the field of electrical metrology. M
by segfaultbuserr 3y ago
If this room-temperature superconductivity result is real, I have high hopes on the improvements they can possibly bring to the field of electrical metrology. Many precision measurement instruments require superconductive Josephson junctions, such as reproducing the definition of the SI volt [0], or magnetic field measurements with SQUID. But these exotic devices only exist in top research labs due to extremely high maintenance cost, including cooling requirement.
Imagine a day when every medium-sized research lab has direct access to the quantum-accurate SI volt and nobody needs to send their voltmeters out for calibration anymore (although I don't know how hard would it take to make a microchip with 10,000+ Josephson junctions out of it...)
[0] https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/quantum-voltage-project https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/quantum-voltage-proje...
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoThe 2V Josephson junction array chip (without the needed cryocoolers or support machinery) is $28,600 [1]. Full system is a bit under $300,000, without including installation, calibration, or training costs. They do still need calibration to ensure they're measuring the output voltage properly. [1] https://www.nist.gov/sri/standard-reference-instruments/sri-6000-series-programmable-josephson-voltage-standard-pjvs https://www.nist.gov/sri/standard-reference-instruments/sri-...