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The quantum metrology triangle experiment: quantization tests of an electron pump

We present our experimental set-up and discuss the results obtained with the quantum metrological triangle (QMT) experiment. This experiment consists in realizing Ohm's law with the three effects used and investigated in quantum electrical metrology: the Josephson effect (JE), the quantum Hall effect (QHE) and the single electron tunneling effect (SET). The aim is to check the consistency of the phenomenological constants K J, R K and Q X associated with these effects and theoretically expressed with the fundamental constants e and h (elementary charge and Planck constant, respectively). Such an experiment is a contribution for a new definition of electrical units in the International System (SI)

electrical metrology; low current measurements; cryogenic current comparator; quantum metrological triangle; quantum current standard


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