Excess Low-Frequency Noise in YBCO Thin-Film Devices

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 2212-2215

  Macfarlane, John C ^a   Hao, Ling ^a   Pegrum, Colin M ^a   Donaldson, Gordon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CRITICAL CURRENTS; FABRICATION; FREQUENCIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

BIAS CURRENTS; GRAIN BOUNDARY JUNCTIONS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAGNETIC FLUXES; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDE;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 0029322101     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.403024     Document Type: Article

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