Novel methods of fabrication and metrology of superconducting nanostructures

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 392-396

  Hao, Ling ^a   Macfarlane, John C ^b   Gallop, John C ^a   Cox, David ^c   Joseph Franks, Patrick ^a   Hutson, David ^b   Chen, Jie ^d   Lam, S K H ^e  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic field effects; Nanotechnology; Superconducting devices; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; FILM THICKNESS; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

SUPERCONDUCTING BRIDGE DIMENSIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURES; SUPERCONDUCTING PENETRATION DEPTH; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES (SQUIDS);

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 34047199153     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.890593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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