DC SQUID MAGNETOMETERS FROM SINGLE LAYERS OF YBA2CU3O7-X

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KOELLE, D [1 ]
MIKLICH, AH [1 ]
LUDWIG, F [1 ]
DANTSKER, E [1 ]
NEMETH, DT [1 ]
CLARKE, J [1 ]
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[1] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, DIV MAT SCI, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
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10.1063/1.110526
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We have fabricated magnetometers patterned in a single layer of YBa2Cu3O7-x involving dc superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) with bicrystalline grain boundary junctions. The magnetometers consist of either a SQUID with a large area square washer or a single turn pickup loop coupled directly to the body of a small area SQUID. We found that the transfer function falls off with increasing SQUID inductance much more rapidly than predicted; implications for magnetometer performance are discussed. When operated at 77 K with a bias reversal technique a directly coupled magnetometer had a noise of (105 +/- 10) fT Hz -1/2 at 1 kHz, increasing to (145 +/- 10) fT Hz -1/2 at 1 Hz.
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