Vortex Electronics and SQUIDs / Edition 1

by Takeshi Kobayashi, Hisao Hayakawa, Masayoshi Tonouchi

Overview

Understanding the nature of vortices in high-T_c superconductors is a crucial subject for research on superconductive electronics, especially for superconducting interference devices (SQUIDs), it is also a fundamental problem in condensed-matter physics. Recent technological progress in methods for both direct and indirect observation of vortices, e.g. scanning SQUID, terahertz imaging, and microwave excitation, has led to new insights into vortex physics, the dynamic behavior of vortices in junctions and related questions of noise. This book presents the current status of research activity and provides new information on the applications of SQUIDs, including magneardiography, immunoassays, and laser-SQUID microscopes, all of which are close to being commercially available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540402312
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	02/12/2004
Series:	Topics in Applied Physics , #91
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	305
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Vortex in High-Temperature Superconductors (HTSC).- Observation of Vortices.- New Aspects of Vortex in HTSC.- HTSC SQUIDs.- Applications of HTSC SQUIDs.- Materials Technology for Vortex Electronics.