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Superconducting DC SQUID magnetometer working in liquid nitrogen

US4923850A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 1988
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S505/846
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A superconducting magnetometer, using a superconducting compound at the temperature of liquid nitrogen, is disclosed. It consists in the use, as a sensitive element, of a piece of superconducting material with a central constriction enabling the demarcation of a channel in which the number of useful, intrinsic loops is sufficiently limited for the sensitive element to behave like a DC SQUID with a single loop.

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