Understanding the nature of vortices in high-Tc superconductors is a crucial subject for research on superconductive electronics, especially for superconducting interference devices (SQUIDs), it is also a fundamental problem in condensed-matter physics. Recent technological progress in methods for both direct and indirect observation of vortices, e.g. scanning SQUID, terahertz imaging, and microwave excitation, has led to new insights into vortex physics, the dynamic behavior of vortices in junctions and related questions of noise. This book presents the current status of research activity and provides new information on the applications of SQUIDs, including magnetocardiography, immunoassays, and laser-SQUID microscopes, all of which are close to being commercially available.
| ISBN: | 9783662307755 |
| Publication date: | 17th April 2014 |
| Author: | Takeshi Kobayashi, Hisao Hayakawa, Masayoshi Tonouchi |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 305 pages |
| Series: | Topics in Applied Physics |
| Genres: |
Materials science Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Biophysics Engineering: general Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism Electronics engineering |