Excess noise in YBa2Cu3O7 thin film grain boundary Josephson junctions and devices

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 678-687

  Hao, L ^a,b   Macfarlane, J C ^a   Pegrum, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXCESS NOISE; MULTIJUNCTION FLUX FLOW AMPLIFIERS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0030204481     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/9/8/010     Document Type: Article

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