Low-Noise Superconducting Quantum Interference Device with a High dV/dΦ Optimized by Thermally Controlling Critical Current

Keiji Tsukada; Jun Kawai; Youichi Takada; Akira Adachi

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Low-Noise Superconducting Quantum Interference Device with a High dV/dΦ Optimized by Thermally Controlling Critical Current

Keiji Tsukada, Jun Kawai, Youichi Takada, Akira Adachi

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The transfer function dV/dΦ and the noise characteristics of a low-Tc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) have been improved by annealing to adjust the critical current, thereby optimizing the McCumber parameter βc- A SQUID structure suitable for annealing and using surface nitridation and planarization has also been developed. By annealing a SQUID that initially has a β c greater than 1, the I-V characteristics can be changed from characteristics with hysteresis to characteristics without hysteresis. A SQUID with = 0.81, close to the hysteresis limitation, had a large dV/dΦ (3.7 mV/Φ0) and good noise characteristics (1.5 μϕ0/√hz at 100 Hz and 3.0µΦ0/√Hz at 1 Hz). These characteristics can be attained even when using a simple measuring circuit connected directly to preamplifier without adaptive components such as flux modulation or additional positive feedback (APF).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3488-3493
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/77.413156
Publication status	Published - Sep 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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