Fraunhofer regime of operation for superconducting quantum interference filters

A.V. Shadrin, K.Y. Constantinian, G.A. Ovsyannikov, S.V. Shitov, I.I. Soloviev, V.K. Kornev, Jesper Mygind

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Abstract

Series arrays of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) with incommensurate loop areas, so-called superconducting quantum interference filters (SQIFs), are investigated in the kilohertz and the gigahertz frequency range. In SQIFs made of high-T-c bicrystal junctions the flux-to-voltage response partial derivative V/partial derivative Phi is dominated by the variation in the critical current in the individual junctions (Fraunhofer-type) rather than by the SQUIDs interference. For a SQIF with 20 SQUID loops we find partial derivative V/partial derivative Phi=40 mV/Phi(0) and a dynamic range of more than 60 dB in the kilohertz range. In the 1-2 GHz range the estimated power gain is 20 dB and the magnetic flux noise level is as low as 10(-4)Phi(0).
Original languageEnglish
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume93
Issue number26
Pages (from-to)262503
ISSN0003-6951
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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Keywords

  • critical currents
  • magnetic flux
  • high-temperature superconductors
  • flux-line lattice
  • SQUIDs
  • superconducting filters
  • superconducting arrays
  • superconducting microwave devices

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