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Superconductivity
Josephson Tunneling
Phase of electron pairs
DC SQUID
Laboratory Setup
Applications
Why SQUIDs?
Can detect
extremely small
magnetic fields
For example,
read out TES
device
Superconductivity
Below certain temperature:
Resistanceless
supercurrent
Meissner effect
Superconductivity Explained
BCS Theory
Electron
lattice
interaction
Cooper pairs
Energy Gap
Coherence
Flux
Quantization
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Superconductivity Explained
BCS Theory
Electron
lattice
interaction
Cooper pairs
Energy Gap
Coherence
Flux
Quantization
Superconductivity Explained
BCS Theory
Electron
lattice
interaction
Cooper pairs
Energy Gap
Coherence
Flux
Quantization
Superconductivity Explained
BCS Theory
Electron
lattice
interaction
Cooper pairs
Energy Gap
Coherence
Flux
Quantization
Superconductivity Explained
BCS Theory
Electron
lattice
interaction
Cooper pairs
Energy Gap
Coherence
Flux
Quantization
One
fluxon
Josephson Tunneling
Josephson Junction small gap
between two superconductors
Cooper pairs can tunnel
Critical current
supercurrent
Phase difference
across the junction
Change in Phase
=P
Due to:
Current
Magnetic field
Josephson
Junctions
DC SQUID
Superconductor
Current loop
Two Josephson
Junctions
How it works
Phase change due to
external magnetic field
Due to B field
Current flow
Due to junctions
Voltage
change
Must be quantized
How it works
Aiding Detection
Gradiometer, Magnetometer, Voltometer
Characterisation
I V curve
V Phi curve
Other Applications
Beyond X-Ray
Astrophysics...
Medical imaging
(MEG)
Geology
References
A.C. Rose-Innes and E.H. Rhoderick, Introduction to
Superconductivity, 2nd ed., 1978
Kittel, Charles, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 6th ed.,
1986
Clarke, John, SQUIDs, Scientific American (August 1994)
STAR Cryoelectronics, Manual
SQUID Magnetometry,
http://www.cmp.liv.ac.uk/frink/thesis/thesis/node41.html
http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/supcon.html#c1
Thank you Mark and Prof. McCammon for answering my
random questions
Special thanks to Emily Barrentine for help and resources