SQUID Readout Electronics and Magnetometric Systems for Practical Applications

Hands-on guide forscientists and engineersonhow to useSQUID technology Thispracticalbook coversSQUID (superconducting quantum interference device)readout electronics andmagnetometricsystems. Itillustrates their manypractical applicationsinmeasuringextremely subtle magnetic fieldsandshowshowthe technique isdeveloping into an enabling technology for many applications,such asbiomagneticimaging and geophysical prospecting.Clear and comprehensive,the bookbuilds a bridge for scientists and engineers to fillinpotential know-how gaps for allwho workon SQUID systems and their practical applications.It helps make key words like readout electronics, flux quantization, Josephson effects,andnoise contributionscompletely understandableto all whodesign and use simple and robust SQUID systems. Beginning with an introduction to the subject,SQUID Readout Electronics andMagnetometricSystems for Practical Applications offers in-depth chapter coverage of:Josephson junctions;dc SQUID's I-V characteristics and its bias

modes;functions of the SQUID's readout electronics;direct readout scheme (DRS);SQUID magnetometry system and SQUID parameters;flux modulation scheme (FMS); andflux feedback concepts and parallel feedback circuit. Othersectionsexamine:analyses of the "series feedback coil (circuit)" (SFC);weakly damped SQUID;two-stage and double relaxation oscillation readout schemes; andradio-frequency(rf) SQUID. · Provides a uniqueview ofhow simplicity and robustness arecrucialforpractical SQUID systems in applications · Focusesonthereadout electronics of SQUID systems,particularly the advantages and disadvantages of the various systems · Helps materials scientists, physicists,and engineers overcome various major know-how barriers in order to understand the important challenges and to design practical SQUID systems · Largely documentsthe joint achievements accomplished in the cooperation between SIMIT and FZJ in the field of superconducting electronics SQUID Readout Electronics andMagnetometricSystems for Practical

Applications is an excellent book for all materialsscientists, electrical engineers,andphysicistswho can benefit from SQUID systems and their applications. It will also be of great benefit toanalytical laboratories in industry, manufacturers of laboratory equipment,andsystems engineers. [Publisher's Text]

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