CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS XII
5. THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE COUPLING
6. Theory of phase coherence in SQUID'S. 1
7. Investigation of the validity of generalizations of the adiabatic Josephson equation for a local junction by asymptotic expansions 29
8. A self-consistent model of the Josephson junction 35
9. Order parameter relaxation and Josephson effects in superconducting weak links 51
10. JUNCTION FABRICATION TECHNIQUES
11. Junction fabrication techniques 63
12. Preparation of variable thickness microbridges using electron beam lithography and ion etching 93
13. REAL JUNCTION PROPERTIES
14. Properties of real junctions 101
15. Some properties of long superconducting threads formed in monocrystalline silicon 133
16. AC Josephson effect in long superconducting threads in static magnetic field 147
17. Voltage current characteristics of superconducting to normal metal point contacts in an RF-field 165
18. Measurement of the cos ɸ term in Josephson tunneling 171
19. Effects in high critical current density Josephson tunnel junctions 179
20. Supercurrent interference patterns in a tunneling junction structure 193
21. Anomalous thermoelectric effects in point contact tunnel junctions 199
22. LOW FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS
23. Current performance of superconducting quantum interference devices 213
24. A variable temperature high sensitivity SQUID magnetometer 225
25. Flux creep of superconductors measured with a SQUID system 239
26. A magnetic excited state in oxy haemoglobin A detected with an RF-SQUID-magnetometer 249
27. High temperature application of SQUID voltmeter 255
28. Use of persistent supercurrents in SQUID current stabilisers and their application to a resistivity measurement on niobium and a portable voltage standard 267
29. The use of resistive SQUIDs for calorimetry 277
30. Possible cryocoolers for SQUID magnetometers 287
31. On limiting magnetic field sensitivity of superconducting quantum interferometer with two Josephson junctions 297
32. An integrated thin film gradiometer based on a dc SQUID 303
33. A cryodevice for induction monitoring of dc electron or ion beams with nano-ampere resolution 311
34. A SQUID comperator bridge for low-tc-cryoresistor measurements 317
35. HIGH FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS
36. Superconducting devices for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths 323
37. A closed loop broadband microwave operated SQUID 339
38. A numerical treatment of the lumped model of an RF biased SQUID by means of a hybrid computer 349
39. RF power measurements using quantum interference in superconductors 355
40. An analysis of the low inductance ac-SQUID operated as a dc-magnetometer in a mixing mode 365
41. High frequency properties of stable Nb-Nb oxide-Pb Josephson tunnel junctions 381
42. NOISE
43. Noise limitations of RF SQUIDs 395
44. Optimum response and damping of Josephson junctions 433
45. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
46. SQUID magnetometers for submarine communications at extremely low frequencies 439
47. SIGNAL PROCESSING
48. Complete linear equivalent circuit for the SQUID 485
49. Two junction SQUID using a sampling technique 501
50. RF SQUID in the non hysteretic mode: the phase modulation of the tank voltage. 511
51. COMPUTER ELEMENTS
52. SQUIDs as computer elements 519
53. Switching between two different vortex modes in Josephson junctions 541
54. Switching dynamics of Josephson junction logic circuits 555
55. Superconducting neuromime: a Josephson junction model neuron 567
56. Dynamics of flux transitions in the SQUID for the hysteretic case 579
57. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
58. Summary and conclusions 587
59. Subject Index 595
60. Author Index 605