DC SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE OF YBA2CU3O7-X STEP-EDGE JUNCTIONS

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作者
YOSHII, M
KITA, J
NAKATSU, O
YAMADA, Y
机构
[1] Central Research Laboratory, Corporate R/D Operations, Shimadzu Corporation, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1991年 / 30卷 / 4A期
关键词
YBA2CU3O7-X THIN FILMS; RF MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DC-SQUID; JOSEPHSON EFFECT;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.30.L587
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
DC superconducting quantum interference devices (DC-SQUIDs) are made of YBa2Cu3O7-x(YBCO) thin films by conventional photolithography and argon ion milling. The YBCO thin films are prepared on magnesia substrates with step edges by the rf magnetron sputtering method. The step-edge junctions for the SQUIDs exhibit clear DC and AC Josephson effects. The SQUIDs respond well to change of magnetic flux and have a white flux noise at 51.4 K of 8.1 x 10(-5) PHI-0/Hz1/2 at 1 Hz, 5.8 x 10(-5) PHI-0/Hz1/2 at 10 Hz and a noise increase at a low-frequency range of less than 10 Hz.
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页码:L587 / L589
页数:3
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