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Integrated high-[ital T][sub [ital c]] multiloop magnetometer

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.113220· OSTI ID:6543753
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  1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  2. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Institut Berlin, Abbestrasse 2-12, 10587 Berlin (Germany)
  3. IRC in Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT (United Kingdom)

Two integrated, thin-film multiloop magnetometers (fractional turn SQUIDs) have been fabricated using a YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7[minus][ital x]]-SrTiO[sub 3]-YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7[minus][ital x]] multilayer process. The magnetometers have 16 parallel loops, an outer diameter of 7 mm and effective areas of 1.84 and 1.89 mm[sup 2], respectively. The magnetic field noise of the better device, measured in a YBCO tube at 77 K with a bias reversal scheme, was 37 fT Hz[sup [minus]1/2] at 1 Hz and 18 fT Hz[sup [minus]1/2] at 1 kHz.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6543753
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; (United States) Vol. 66:11; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English