摘要:
A thin film dc SQUID and its driving electronic circuitry configured with very high symmetry, having a SQUID loop formed with four holes (24, 24, 26, 27) at the respective ends of crossed slits (22, 23). Each of these holes forms a single turn secondary coil for symmetrically arranged pairs of modulation coils and signal coils. The geometrical placement of the modulation coils with respect to the signal coils results in a device which nominally has no mutual inductance between the two groups of coils when the SQUID is biased for normal operation. The external driving circuit (75-85) is configured to preserve the highly balanced nature of the SQUID and forces an equal magnitude of current to flow in all four of the bias leads.
摘要:
A vertical support rigidly mounted to a planar base positions and supports a cryocooler expander unit off axis and away from a sample to be examined. The sample support is likewise rigidly mounted to the planar base with a rigidly mounted sample housing therein. The cryocooler expander unit is suspended in the vertical support by spring dampening bearings. A pair of opposing flexible vacuum bellows connects the cryocooler expander unit to the sample housing and vertical support. This configuration isolates the sample from vibration. Flexible thermal links associated with an predictive electronic closed loop control sequence maintains sample temperature.
摘要:
A magnet system for generating a magnetic field may include a superconducting magnet, a switch, and a heater element thermally coupled to the switch. The superconducting magnet is structured to generate magnetic fields, and the switch includes a non-inductive superconducting current carrying path connected in parallel to the superconducting magnet. In general, the switch is structured to only carry a level of current that is a portion of the current required to obtain a full field by the superconducting magnet.
摘要:
Apparatus for detection and measurement of agglutinations of magnetic particles employing Hall sensors. A low frequency AC signal is employed to excite or bias the Hall sensors which reside in a DC magnetic field. The particles are moved into operative relationship with the Hall sensors in order to generate a signal representing the number of particles on the substrate. The method for such detection and measurement is also part of the invention.
摘要:
A stochastic excitation, SQUID detection system for determining the frequency response of a sample. A pair of counterwound detection coils are adjacent to an excitation coil. The sample is selectively placed in one of the detection coils for taking measurements. The SQUID sensor is a broadband, high sensitivity device which enables the frequency response of the sample to be determined over a wide bandwidth with a single measurement.
摘要:
A thin film dc SQUID and its driving electronic circuitry configured with very high symmetry. The SQUID loop is formed with four holes at the respective ends of crossed slits. Each of these holes forms a single turn secondary for symmetrically arranged pairs of modulation coils and signal coils. The geometrical placement of the modulation coil transformers with respect to the signal coil transformers results in a device which nominally has no mutual inductance between the two groups of coils when the SQUID is biased for normal operation. The external driving circuit is configured to preserve the highly balanced nature of the chip and forces equal magnitudes of current to flow in all four of the bias leads.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for regulating the temperature in a cryogenic test chamber. Liquid helium is drawn into a test chamber located in a cryogenic vessel through a capillary tube which is spaced apart from the test chamber. The capillary tube is thermally insulated from the liquid helium. In a high temperature mode, a heater element heats the capillary tube to a temperature just high enough to boil the liquid helium as the helium is drawn through the capillary tube into the test chamber, thereby insuring that only gaseous helium enters the test chamber and preventing any tendency of the temperature in the test chamber to oscillate when the test chamber is warmed to temperature only slightly higher than the temperature of the liquid helium. In a low temperature mode the heater element heats the capillary tube sufficiently to substantially prevent any helium from flowing into the test chamber, thereby facilitating cooling of the test chamber to temperature below the temperature of the liquid helium by evacuating the test chamber until the liquid therein boils at the desired temperature.
摘要:
A circuit for reducing low frequency noise in a direct current biased superconducting quantum interference device. A squarewave bias signal having no dc component is used to bias the two junctions of the dc SQUID. At the same time, the magnetic flux in the SQUID is modulated to heterodyne the input signals up to some convenient frequency where they may be amplified without concern for drift. Final demodulation automatically adjusts for the fact that the relative phase is reversed each time the squarewave bias changes polarity states.
摘要:
A method for controlling the flow of a cooling medium such as helium into an insulated chamber surrounding a region to establish a stable thermal environment in the region over a wide range of cryogenic temperatures. A thermally insulated capsule surrounds a variable temperature capillary to precondition the helium before it flows into the insulated chamber. The capillary can be operated in different modes, depending upon the heating or lack of heating of the capillary. At low temperatures the capillary can pass the helium in its liquid phase, at high temperatures only a small amount of gaseous helium is passed, and at certain intermediate temperatures there is an ample flow of gaseous helium only.
摘要:
A thin film SQUID device in which one or two thin film Josephson junctions are positioned at the hub of a wheel-shaped conductive structure including an outer closed loop rim and a plurality of radial arms or spokes formed on a substrate. A first group of alternate arms connects to one side of the junctions and a second group of intermediate arms connects to the other side of the junctions, the two groups of arms being insulated from each other at the hub. An overlying conductive pattern forms a coil in which the conductive turns of the coil include portions extending parallel to each of the arms to provide inductive coupling to currents circulating through loops formed by the groups of radial arms and rim.