Recent Advances in Tabletop Kibble Balance -- KBmini

TL;DR

This paper discusses recent improvements to the KBmini Kibble balance, enhancing its precision and stability for tabletop mass calibration up to 1 kg through innovative coil design and excitation techniques.

Contribution

It introduces a new coil with more turns and a multi-harmonic excitation method to achieve a near-constant velocity profile and a flat-top induced voltage region.

Findings

Achieved a velocity profile stable over 180 μm range.

Produced an induced-voltage flat-top exceeding 1 V.

Established a foundation for future mass calibration experiments.

Abstract

This paper presents recent advances in the KBmini Kibble balance, a tabletop system for E2-accuracy mass calibration up to 1 kg. The $Bl(z)$ profile is characterized by manually setting the magnet at different vertical positions, and the extremum point is selected as the weighing position. The spring constant of the weighing cell around this point is measured. With a new coil of a larger number of turns and a multi-harmonic excitation technique, a near-constant velocity profile over a moving range of 180 $\mu$m, producing an induced-voltage flat-top region exceeding 1 V, is achieved. These results establish a foundation for subsequent mass calibration experiments.