Technical and commerical challenges in high Tc SQUIDs and their industrial applications
Conference
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OSTI ID:135342
A SQUID is the most sensitive device for measuring changes in magnetic flux. Since its discovery in the sixties, scientists have made consistent efforts to apply SQUID`s to various applications. Instruments that are the most sensitive in their respective categories have been built, such as SQUID DC susceptometer that is now manufactured by Quantum Design, pico-voltmeter which could measure 10(exp {minus}14) volts, and gravitational wave detectors. One of the most successful applications of SQUID`s is in magnetoencephalography, a non-invasive technique for investigating neuronal activity in the living human brain. This technique employs a multi-channel SQUID magnetometer that maps the weak magnetic field generated by small current when information is processed in brain, and its performance is marvelous.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX (United States). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- OSTI ID:
- 135342
- Report Number(s):
- N--96-10230; NASA-CP--3290-VOL-1; S--792-VOL-1; NAS--1.55:3290-VOL-1; CONF-940627--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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