• DocumentCode
    49125
  • Title

    Johnson Noise Thermometry Measurement of the Boltzmann Constant With a 200 \\Omega Sense Resistor

  • Author

    Pollarolo, Alessio ; Taehee Jeong ; Benz, Samuel P. ; Rogalla, Horst

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jun-13
  • Firstpage
    1512
  • Lastpage
    1517
  • Abstract
    In 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology measured the Boltzmann constant k with an electronic technique that measured the Johnson noise of a 100 Ω resistor at the triple point of water and used a voltage waveform synthesized with a quantized voltage noise source (QVNS) as a reference. In this paper, we present measurements of k using a 200 Ω sense resistor and an appropriately modified QVNS circuit and waveform. Preliminary results show agreement with the previous value within the statistical uncertainty. An analysis is presented, where the largest source of uncertainty is identified, which is the frequency dependence in the constant term a0 of the two-parameter fit.
  • Keywords
    constants; measurement uncertainty; noise measurement; resistors; thermal noise; thermometers; waveform generators; Boltzmann constant; Johnson noise thermometry measurement; National Institute of Standards and Technology; electronic technique; modified QVNS circuit; modified QVNS waveform; quantized voltage noise source; resistance 200 ohm; sense resistor; statistical uncertainty; two-parameter fit; voltage waveform synthesis; water triple point; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; NIST; Noise; Noise measurement; Resistors; Temperature measurement; Boltzmann equation; Josephson junction; measurement units; noise measurement; standards; temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2013.2239033
  • Filename
    6457503