LOW-NOISE YBA2CU3O7 RF SQUID MAGNETOMETER

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作者
ZHANG, Y
MUCK, HM
HERRMANN, K
SCHUBERT, J
ZANDER, W
BRAGINSKI, AI
HEIDEN, C
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[1] Institut für Schicht und Ionentechnik (ISI), Forschungszentrum Jülich (KFA), D-W5170 Jülich
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10.1063/1.106580
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
A superconducting quantum interferometer device (SQUID) electronics with tank frequencies near 150 MHz was constructed to enhance the rf SQUID sensitivity. By these means we characterized our YBa2Cu3O7 thin-film rf SQUIDs with step-edge junctions immersed in liquid N2. We obtained transfer function values of over 40-mu-V/PHI(0), at a 50-OMEGA input impedance, for both hysteretic and dispersive mode of rf SQUID operation. The rms white and 1/f flux noise levels were significantly lower than at the tank frequency of 20 MHz. The best magnetic field sensitivity at 77 K was 0.9 pT/Hz1/2, and the energy resolution 1.4 x 10(-28) J/Hz, down to 0.3 Hz.
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