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IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.

Operation of 1000-fold voltage multiplier using SFQ reflection at under-damped junctions

Yusuke Sato, Moriya Masataka, Shimada Hiroshi, Mizugaki Yoshinao, Masaaki Maezawa

Published Jan 17, 2013• 0 citations
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