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  • 1
    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: We present a comparative study of existing low-frequency noise reduction techniques for dc superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDS). These methods are essential to applications involving high-Tc SQUIDS because they dramatically reduce the 1/f noise to useful low-frequency noise levels. We propose a formal presentation of the problem and explain mathematically the working principles of these noise reductions methods, particularly for fluctuations arising from the critical current of the junctions. An increase in the white noise level is generally observed when a sinusoidal lock-in detection is used for these methods and we give here a mathematical explanation for this peculiar effect. Finally, noise measurements made on high-Tc grain boundary dc SQUIDS are presented; the experimental results are in close agreement with theory. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: A modified focused ion beam (FIB) equipment is described. It enables real time imaging by electron scanning microscopy during the FIB milling of cooled samples down to 82 K with liquid N2 cooling, or down to 25 K with liquid He cooling. Experimental results on the patterning of high Tc YBaCuO superconducting thin films are given which show the possibility of "in situ'' control of the critical current of micro or nanosuperconducting bridges during the milling. The application of this FIB system to the design of a microthermometer, operating in the pW(overdot)/(square root of)Hz range, and of a SQUID, whose Josephson effects correspond to a coherent vortex flow in nanobridges, is detailed. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 3
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 67 (1996), S. 4171-4175 
    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: We have fabricated a Josephson–Fraunhofer magnetometer based on the shrinking of the Fraunhofer pattern exhibited by high-Tc grain boundaries Josephson (GBJ) junctions. It is obtained using flux focuser and GBJ junction directly patterned on a single chip. The device is actively voltage biased and operates in a field locked loop as conventional superconducting quantum interference device systems. The amplitude of the auxiliary modulation field is adjusted to obtain the maximal sensitivity; the coupling between the feedback coil and the flux focuser has been studied to evaluate the magnetometer performances. The system bandwidth is 1 kHz and the measured noise level is 40 pT/(square root of)Hz above 10 Hz. The slew rate and the dynamic range of the magnetometer are 2 mT/s and 112 dB (1 Hz bandwidth), respectively. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 4
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 76 (1994), S. 3858-3868 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The bolometric nature of the optical sensitivity of YBCO (YBa2Cu3O7−δ) thin-film microstrips in the superconducting state is demonstrated. Below the critical temperature Tc the critical current temperature dependence of the device provides a suitable temperature sensor. A theoretical thermal model that gives reliable forecasts for the sensor time constant and sensitivity over the 10–90 K temperature range has been developed. Sensitivity measurements on high-quality YBCO films deposited on MgO are in quite good agreement with the model, showing that the observed signals are entirely bolometric. The effective heat capacity of the sensor is that of the film in the irradiated area. Owing to the high thermal conductivity of MgO, the substrate stays at the heat sink temperature and the main resistance to heat flow is the film/substrate interface. The heat capacity of the irradiated area of the film, strongly coupled to the heat sink through the thermal boundary resistance gives high-speed bolometers behaving as first-order systems. For SrTiO3 or ZrO2 substrates, their lower thermal conductivity would lead to higher time constants and more complicated behaviors. The precise origin of the measured sensor noise has still to be established. On a 0.2×10×15 μm3 microbridge at 85 K (below the critical temperature), a noise equivalent power of 120 pW/(square root of)Hz and a time constant τ of 20 ns were measured; this corresponds to a noise equivalent temperature of 60 nK/(square root of)Hz and a specific detectivity D* of 1.8×106 cm (square root of)Hz/W. A more relevant criterion for comparing optical sensors is the D*/(square root of)τ ratio. In the case presented, this ratio is equal to 1.3×1011 cm/J which is one of the best values published at this time. Such performances should give competitive composite or antenna coupled bolometers compared to existing sensors for wavelengths greater than 20 μm.
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  • 5
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 70 (1999), S. 3040-3045 
    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: We built a HTc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) preamplifier stage to pick up the free precession signal of the 3He nucleus in Earth's magnetic field at room temperature. The SQUID is coupled to the precession field by a copper-made flux transformer. It is operated without any magnetic shield. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
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