High-Tc and low-Tc dc SQUID electronics

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1320-1336

  Drung, Dietmar ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; FEEDBACK; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ADDITIONAL POSITIVE FEEDBACK; DC SQUID ELECTRONICS; DYNAMIC FIELD COMPENSATION; FINITE LOOP DELAY; FLUX LOCKED LOOP; FLUX MODULATION READOUT; FLUX QUANTA COUNTING;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0346413333     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/16/12/002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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