R.H. Koch, B. Oh, et al.
Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
We have fabricated and tested superconducting first-order gradiometers made from YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) thin-film flux transformers coupled to YBCO dc SQUIDs. The flux transformers consisted of 10-turn input coils with 5-μm linewidth and two pick-up loops with 600-μm linewidth, each of which surrounded an area of 2.1 by 2.8 mm. All levels were patterned by wet etching. A magnetic field gradient of 1 nT/m resulted in a flux of 5.8×10-4 Φ in the SQUID which corresponds to a responsivity of 1.21×10-9 m3. The 1/f noise level at 77 K and 10 Hz was 0.6 nT/m√Hz and was dominated by SQUID noise.
R.H. Koch, B. Oh, et al.
Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
B. Oh, R.P. Robertazzi
Review of Scientific Instruments
D.C. Worledge, M. Gajek, et al.
IMW 2012
V. Foglietti, R.H. Koch, et al.
Applied Physics Letters