josephson-junction switch
1Josephson junction — /joh zeuhf seuhn, seuhf /, Electronics. a high speed switch, used in experimental computers, that operates on the basis of a radiative phenomenon (Josephson effect) exhibited by a pair of superconductors separated by a thin insulator. [1965 70;… …
2Josephson junction — noun a weak insulating barrier between two superconductors, used as an ultrafast switch See Also: Josephson effect …
3Josephson junction — /ˈdʒoʊsəfsən ˌdʒʌŋkʃən/ (say johsuhfsuhn jungkshuhn) noun a computer switch which uses the Josephson effect …
4Josephson, Brian D. — ▪ British physicist in full Brian David Josephson born Jan. 4, 1940, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales British physicist whose discovery of the Josephson effect while a 22 year old graduate student won him a share (with Leo Esaki (Esaki, Leo) and …
5electronics — /i lek tron iks, ee lek /, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors. [1905 10; see ELECTRONIC,… …
6Rapid single flux quantum — In electronics, rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) is a digital electronics technology that relies on quantum effects in superconducting materials to switch signals, instead of transistors. However, it is not a quantum computing technology in the… …
7Dudley Allen Buck — Dr. Dudley Allen Buck Born 1927 04 25 San Francisco, California Died 1959 05 21 Monuments Bronze Plaque Wilmington, Massachusetts High School Education B.S. E.E., Sc. D …
8List of inventions named after people — This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.The listA to G* Archimedes screw ndash; Archimedes * Argand lamp ndash; Ami …
9Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
10Jan Hendrik Schön — (born 1970) is a German physicist who briefly rose to prominence after a series of apparent breakthroughs that were later discovered to be fraudulent. [Deutsche Welle] Before he was exposed, Schön had received the Otto Klung Weberbank Prize for… …
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