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Title: Large scale two-dimensional arrays of magnesium diboride superconducting quantum interference devices

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876129· OSTI ID:22269169
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  1. Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
  2. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  3. Superconductor Technologies Inc., Santa Barbara, California 93111 (United States)

Magnetic field sensors based on two-dimensional arrays of superconducting quantum interference devices were constructed from magnesium diboride thin films. Each array contained over 30 000 Josephson junctions fabricated by ion damage of 30 nm weak links through an implant mask defined by nano-lithography. Current-biased devices exhibited very large voltage modulation as a function of magnetic field, with amplitudes as high as 8 mV.

OSTI ID:
22269169
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 18; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English