Advances in sensor development and demonstration of superconducting gradiometers for mobile operation

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 3, 1997, Pages 3287-3293

  Clem, T R ^a   Froelich, M C ^b   Overway, D J ^c   Purpura, J W ^d   Wiegert, R F ^a   Koch, R H ^b   Lathrop, D K ^c   Rozen, J ^d   Eraker, J H ^a   Schmidt, J M ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^d Conductus Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOMETERS; SENSORS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

SUPERCONDUCTING GRADIOMETERS;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0031166102     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.622056     Document Type: Article

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