Comparison of the Efficiency of the One and Two-Step Process for the Production of BSCCO (2212) Powders by Means of Analytical Techniques

 The efficiency of the production of the high temperature superconducting powders Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x (BSCCO 2212) using the solid state reaction in one or two step processes under different thermal treatment was compared by means of different modern analytical techniques. Through the same techniques the optimization of the production of the production of Bi-2212 powder produced by the two step process, was achieved. X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the products for their stoichiometry and phase-purity. The grain size of the powders was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), while their superconducting properties were tested by electrical DC-resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements using a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). It resulted that the two step process gives a high quality BSCCO 2212 superconducting powder with T _c = 85 K, in a shorter time and with a greater recovery rate than the one step process. Received May 3, 1999. Revision April 27, 2000.     

The transfer of the quantum correlation from two-mode nonclassical state field to the supercurrents in two distant SQUID rings

We have considered two distant mesoscopic superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) rings A and B in the presence of two-mode nonclassical state fields and investigated the correlation of the supercurrents in the two rings using the normalized correlation function $C_{\rm AB}$. We show that when the parameter $\alpha$ is very small for the separable state with the density matrix $\hat {\rho } = (\left| {\alpha , - \alpha } \right\rangle \left\langle {\alpha , - \alpha } \right| + \left| { - \alpha ,\alpha } \right\rangle \left\langle { - \alpha ,\alpha } \right|) / 2$ and entangled coherent state (ECS) $\left| u \right\rangle = N_1 (\left| {\alpha , - \alpha } \right\rangle + \left| { - \alpha ,\alpha } \right\rangle )$ fields, the dynamic behaviours of the normalized correlation function $C_{\rm AB}$ are similar, but it is quite different for the entangled coherent state $\left| {u}' \right\rangle = N_2 (\left| {\alpha , - \alpha } \right\rangle - \left| { - \alpha ,\alpha } \right\rangle )$ field. When the parameter $\alpha $ is very large, the dynamic behaviours of $C_{\rm AB}$ are almost the same for the separable state, entangled coherent state $\left| u \right\rangle $ and $\left| {u}' \right\rangle $ fields. For the two-mode squeezed vacuum state field the maximum of $C_{\rm AB}$ increases monotonically with the squeezing parameter $r$, and as $r \to \infty $, $C_{\rm AB} \to 1$. This means that the supercurrents in the two rings A and B are quantum mechanically correlated perfectly. It is concluded that not all the quantum correlations in the two-mode nonclassical state field can be transferred to the supercurrents; and the transfer depends on the state of the two-mode nonclassical state field prepared.     

Basic properties of an rf SQUID involving two Josephson junctions connected in series

We have studied the basic characteristics of a radio frequency superconducting quantum interference device (rf SQUID) involving two Josephson junctions connected in series, the case for the widely used grain boundary junction (GBJ) rf SQUID. It is found that the SQUID properties are determined mainly by the weaker junction when the critical current of the weaker junction is much lower than that of the other junction. Otherwise, the effect of the other junction is not negligible. We also find that only when the hysteresis parameter β is less than 1-α, where α is the critical current ratio of the two junctions, will the SQUID operate in the nonhysteretic mode.     

A scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscope for room temperature samples

We have constructed a scanning low-T_c superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope, in which the SQUID is mounted on the lower end of a copper rod and cooled to liquid helium temperature. There is a 65μm thick sapphire window under the SQUID. The sample at room temperature underneath the window can be scanned to produce magnetic images. The microscope has a spatial resolution of 100－150μm and a magnetic field sensitivity of 3－60pT/$\sqrt{Hz}$ in a magnetically unshielded environment. We have used this scanning SQUID microscope to measure various room temperature samples.     

宽带脉冲DC SQUID核磁共振谱仪的研制

DC SQUID NMR在研究凝聚态体系 ,尤其在研究低温下量子有序态等方面是一项非常有价值的技术。文中描述了在带有宽带电子设备的商业 DC SQUID基础上建立起宽带脉冲谱仪 ,以及马鞍形激发线圈、采集线圈和低温装置的设计 ,并测量了铂样品在 4.2 Kz温度下的 NMR信号。     

实用高温超导MCG系统研究

本文研究了一种自建的低成本简易磁屏蔽室及其操控条件,提出了能被高温超导rf SQUID仪器所接受的简易磁屏蔽室,并且运用由该磁屏蔽室和rf SQUID梯度计所构成的组合系统测量了微弱的生物磁信号.研究结果表明,该磁屏蔽室能够有效降低电磁干扰,确保SQUID长时稳定工作,基于该磁屏蔽室的复合MCG测量系统具备捕捉微弱生物磁信号的能力,且所得信号具有可接受的信噪比.这将使得开发一种低造价的实用高温超导MCG测量系统成为现实.     

Analytical results of the Fokker-Planck equation derived for one superconducting nanowire quantum interference device and for DC SQUIDs-asymmetric devices

We consider an asymmetric two-junction superconducting quantum interference device, whose junctions are assumed to be overdamped, and regard Sin Fourier series for their current-phase relations. We take into account the effects of thermal fluctuations by forming a two-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation for the distribution function. We judge a series expansion of first order with respect to the components of the reduced inductance for distribution function and obtain current-voltage relation. We consider the measured resistance of the superconducting nanowire quantum interference device with mesoscopic leads that Hopkins et al. reported in Hopkins et al. [D.S. Hopkins, D. Pekker, P.M. Goldbart, A. Bezryadin, Science 308 (2005) 1762] and analyzed in Pekker et al. [D. Pekker, A. Bezryadin, D.S. Hopkins, P.M. Goldbart, Phys. Rev. B 72 (2005) 104517], by defining loop inductance, and by considering appropriate relations for resistance of nanowires. In fact we extend Chesca formulation [B. Chesca, J. Low Temp. Phys. 112 (1998) 165] simultaneously in three aspects and give a unified theory for nanowire two-junction devices, low T_c and high T_c DC SQUIDs, in restricted conditions.     

大有效面积的高Tc rf SQUID

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