Field performance of an optimized stack of YBCO square "annuli" for a compact NMR magnet

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 2, 2011, Pages 1632-1635

  Hahn, Seungyong ^a   Voccio, John ^b   Bermond, Stéphane ^c,d   Park, Dong Keun ^a   Bascuñán, Juan ^a   Kim, Seok Beom ^c,e   Masaru, Tomita ^c,f   Iwasa, Yukikazu ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CEA DSM IRFU SACM   (France)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact NMR; Field cooling; Field homogeneity; Optimization; Temporal stability; Trapped field; YBCO plates

Indexed keywords

MAGNETS; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPACT NMR; FIELD COOLING; FIELD HOMOGENEITY; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TRAPPED FIELD;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 79957894530     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2103920     Document Type: Article

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