Noise properties of high-T-c superconducting flux transformers fabricated using chemical-mechanical polishing
Journal article, 2012

Reproducible high-temperature superconducting multilayer flux transformers were fabricated using chemical mechanical polishing. The measured magnetic field noise of the flip-chip magnetometer based on one such flux transformer with a 9 x 9 mm(2) pickup loop coupled to a bicrystal dc SQUID was 15 fT/Hz(1/2) above 2 kHz. We present an investigation of excess 1/f noise observed at low frequencies and its relationship with the microstructure of the interlayer connections within the flux transformer. The developed high-T-c SQUID magnetometers may be advantageous in ultra-low field magnetic resonance imaging and, with improved low frequency noise, magnetoencephalography applications.

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Author

Maxim Chukharkin Leonidovich

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Alexei Kalaboukhov

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Justin Schneiderman

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Fredrik Öisjöen

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

O. Snigirev

Moscow State University

Zonghe Lai

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

Dag Winkler

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Applied Physics Letters

0003-6951 (ISSN) 1077-3118 (eISSN)

Vol. 101 4 Article Number: 042602 - 042602

Subject Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1063/1.4738782

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