Noise performance of niobium nano-SQUIDs in applied magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 404-407

  Romans, Edward J ^a   Rozhko, Sergei ^a   Young, Laurence ^a   Blois, Arnaud ^a   Hao, Ling ^b   Cox, David ^b   Gallop, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic field sensitivity; Nanoscale SQUID; Superconducting quantum interference device

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CONVENTIONAL THEORY; DC SQUID; FOCUSSED ION BEAMS; IN-PLANE; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; NANO SCALE; NOISE PERFORMANCE; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; TRACK WIDTH; ZERO FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOMAGNETICS; NIOBIUM; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SQUIDS;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 79957949866     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2090851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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