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Radio-frequency SQUID operation using a ceramic high-temperature superconductor

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The recent discovery1 of ceramic superconductors with high transition temperatures opens the way for the development of superconducting devices operating at liquid-nitrogen temperature (77 K). Of particular interest is the possibility of constructing a radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference device (r.f. SQUID), for use as an extremely sensitive magnetometer2. The operation of the r.f. SQUID is also of interest as a means of investigating superconductivity in the new ceramic materials. Here we report the construction of an r.f. SQUID based on the multi-phase high-temperature superconducting ceramic Y1.2Ba0.8CuO4 (ref. 1). We have used this as a magnetometer operating at 4.2 K and have observed unusual SQUID behaviour which may be due to the presence of many weakly coupled superconducting paths within the material1,3. We have also observed SQUID behaviour at temperatures as high as 45 K.

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Birmingham, PO Box 363, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    M. S. Colclough, C. E. Gough, M. Keene, C. M. Muirhead & N. Thomas

  2. Department of Metallurgy, The University of Birmingham, PO Box 363, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    J. S. Abell & S. Sutton

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Colclough, M., Gough, C., Keene, M. et al. Radio-frequency SQUID operation using a ceramic high-temperature superconductor. Nature 328, 47–48 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/328047a0

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