Low excess flux noise in YBa2Cu3O7-x dc SQUIDs cooled in static magnetic fields

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作者
Dantsker, E [1 ]
Tanaka, S [1 ]
Nilsson, PA [1 ]
Kleiner, R [1 ]
Clarke, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV MAT SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1109/77.621812
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We have investigated the effect of device geometry on the excess low frequency 1/f noise of thin-film YBCO dc SQUIDS cooled in static magnetic fields. The key factor in eliminating this noise is the reduction of the linewidth of the SQUID loop to a value below the average separation of the flux vortices. The spectral density of the flux noise in these devices was independence of cooling field up to 33 mu T in the best case. Estimates indicate that incorporating this device into a directly-coupled magnetometer would not increase the noise further.
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