A SQUID gradiometer with trimmable additional positive feedback

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Takada, Y
Tsukada, K
Adachi, A
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[1] Superconducting Sensor Laboratory, Chiba 270-13
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10.1088/0953-2048/9/4A/031
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A SQUID gradiometer with a glass package and trimmable additional positive feedback (APF) is developed to achieve a low equivalent flux noise over a wide range of bias current. The noise characteristics of a SQUID with APF are investigated by varying the APF gain and the bias current. We found the most suitable APF parameter to achieve low equivalent flux noise over a wide range of bias current. When a SQUID with APF has a cc-planar first-order coil whose effective area is 100 mm(2), a typical gradiometer noise level of 7.4 fT Hz(-1/2) at 100 Hz and 21 fT Hz(-1/2) at 1 Hz is achieved.
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