SQUID - Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices and their Applications: Proceedings of the International Conference on Superconducting Quantum Devices, Berlin (West), October 4–8, 1976

✍ Scribed by Hans-D. Hahlbohm (editor); Heinz Lübbig (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 656
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE COUPLING
Theory of phase coherence in SQUID'S.
Investigation of the validity of generalizations of the adiabatic Josephson equation for a local junction by asymptotic expansions
A self-consistent model of the Josephson junction
Order parameter relaxation and Josephson effects in superconducting weak links
JUNCTION FABRICATION TECHNIQUES
Junction fabrication techniques
Preparation of variable thickness microbridges using electron beam lithography and ion etching
REAL JUNCTION PROPERTIES
Properties of real junctions
Some properties of long superconducting threads formed in monocrystalline silicon
AC Josephson effect in long superconducting threads in static magnetic field
Voltage current characteristics of superconducting to normal metal point contacts in an RF-field
Measurement of the cos ɸ term in Josephson tunneling
Effects in high critical current density Josephson tunnel junctions
Supercurrent interference patterns in a tunneling junction structure
Anomalous thermoelectric effects in point contact tunnel junctions
LOW FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS
Current performance of superconducting quantum interference devices
A variable temperature high sensitivity SQUID magnetometer
Flux creep of superconductors measured with a SQUID system
A magnetic excited state in oxy haemoglobin A detected with an RF-SQUID-magnetometer
High temperature application of SQUID voltmeter
Use of persistent supercurrents in SQUID current stabilisers and their application to a resistivity measurement on niobium and a portable voltage standard
The use of resistive SQUIDs for calorimetry
Possible cryocoolers for SQUID magnetometers
On limiting magnetic field sensitivity of superconducting quantum interferometer with two Josephson junctions
An integrated thin film gradiometer based on a dc SQUID
A cryodevice for induction monitoring of dc electron or ion beams with nano-ampere resolution
A SQUID comperator bridge for low-tc-cryoresistor measurements
HIGH FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS
Superconducting devices for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths
A closed loop broadband microwave operated SQUID
A numerical treatment of the lumped model of an RF biased SQUID by means of a hybrid computer
RF power measurements using quantum interference in superconductors
An analysis of the low inductance ac-SQUID operated as a dc-magnetometer in a mixing mode
High frequency properties of stable Nb-Nb oxide-Pb Josephson tunnel junctions
NOISE
Noise limitations of RF SQUIDs
Optimum response and damping of Josephson junctions
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
SQUID magnetometers for submarine communications at extremely low frequencies
SIGNAL PROCESSING
Complete linear equivalent circuit for the SQUID
Two junction SQUID using a sampling technique
RF SQUID in the non hysteretic mode: the phase modulation of the tank voltage.
COMPUTER ELEMENTS
SQUIDs as computer elements
Switching between two different vortex modes in Josephson junctions
Switching dynamics of Josephson junction logic circuits
Superconducting neuromime: a Josephson junction model neuron
Dynamics of flux transitions in the SQUID for the hysteretic case
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Summary and conclusions
Subject Index
Author Index