Superconducting quantum interference devices: State of the art and applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1534-1548

  Kleiner, Reinhold ^a   Koelle, Dieter ^a   Ludwig, Frank ^b   Clarke, John ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux transformer; Gradiometer; Josephson junction; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Magnetometer; Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETOMETERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NITROGEN; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

FLUX TRANSFORMER; GRADIOMETER; INTEGRATED RESONANCE MICROSTRIP; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION;

SQUIDS;

EID: 21244457094     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.833655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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