The dc SQUID near the quantum noise limit
Abstract
A series of dc SQUIDs has been fabricated in an attempt to obtain quantum-limited sensitivity. Typically, the SQUID inductance, L, is 2 pH, the capacitance and critical current of each tunnel junction are 0.5 pF and 0.5 mA, and the shunt resistance for each junction is 1 ohm. The measured spectral density of the voltage noise S/sub v/ contains a 1/f component that extends typically to 100 kHz or higher. When the 1/f component is substracted out, the best energy sensitivity achieved to date is epsilon/1Hz - S/sub v// 2L(delta V/delta PHI)squared less than or approximately equal to 2h, where delta V/delta PHI is the transfer coefficient.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 16th Intern. Conf. on Low Temperature Phys
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ltp..confR..19V
- Keywords:
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- Squid (Detectors);
- Tunnel Diodes;
- White Noise;
- Capacitance;
- Inductance;
- Quantum Counters;
- Semiconductor Junctions;
- Sensitivity;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering