Nano and Micro Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 7091
Special Issue Editors
Interests: superconducting quantum interference devices; high-sensitive superconducting magnetometers; nanomagnetism; magnetoencephalography; organic TFT
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Interests: superconducting quantum interference devices; Josephson junctions; highly sensitive superconducting magnetometers; nanomagnetism; magnetoencephalography
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Special Issue Information
Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic flux available, having at the same time high versatility. Being a flux to voltage converter, the SQUID can measure all physical quantities that can be converted into magnetic flux, for example, magnetic field, magnetic field gradients, current, voltage, displacement, or magnetic susceptibility. The SQUID exhibits an equivalent energy sensitivity that approaches the quantum limit; therefore, it is often employed in very interesting experiments of basic physics, including the detection of Hawking radiation, the dynamical Casimir effect, the Majorana fermions investigations, the effects of the quantum gravity, and detection gravitational waves. Thanks to their very high performance together with their robustness and reliability, SQUID-based devices are widely used in several applications, such as biomagnetism, magnetic microscopy, non-destructive evaluation, geophysics, astrophysics, quantum information, and particle physics. More recently, great efforts have been devoted to the development of nanosized SQUID (nanoSQUID) as a powerful tool for nanoscale applications since it exhibits an ultra-high magnetic moment sensitivity that approaches a single spin per unit of bandwidth and allows the detection of direct magnetization change in small clusters of nanoparticles. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect and highlight recent advances in every aspect from the design to the applications of SQUIDs at micrometric and nanometric resolution. Both original research articles and reviews are encouraged.
Dr. Antonio Vettoliere
Prof. Carmine Granata
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Dc-SQUIDs
- Rf-SQUIDs
- MicroSQUIDs
- NanoSQUIDs
- SQUID voltmeters and amperometers
- SQUID radio frequency amplifiers
- Superconducting quantum interference filters (SQUIFs)
- Magnetometers and gradiometers
- SQUID arrays
- SQUID readout
- Magnetoencephalography
- Nanomagnetism
- Nondestructive evaluation (NDE)
- Geophysics
- Susceptometry
- Highly spatial resolution magnetic microscopy
- Highly sensitive thermometry
- Magnetic relaxation immunoassay
- Low field nuclear magnetic resonance
- Basic physics experiments
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