Published October 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic imaging of YBa2Cu3O y sampler circuits with moats by a scanning SQUID microscope

  • 1. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-Ku, Tokyo 135-0062 (Japan) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 6 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-8471 (Japan)
  • 2. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, ISTEC, 1-10-13 Shinonome, Koto-Ku, Tokyo 135-0062 (Japan)

Description

We have investigated the flux state in YBa2Cu3O y (YBCO) sampler circuits having superconducting ground planes with 5 or 7-μm-wide moats by a scanning SQUID microscope (SSM) system. It was found that magnetic flux was trapped into continuous moats with the length larger than 20 μm, and magnetic flux was excluded from the moat-surrounded area which includes ramp-edge Josephson junctions and ground plane contacts. We ensured that flux trapping into ground plane contacts is suppressed by reducing its size to typically 5 x 5 μm2. The threshold value for complete flux exclusion is about 0.8 μT slightly depending on chips, which can be readily achieved with dual μ-metal magnetic shielding. In addition, we have observed the magnetic flux due to electric noise which comes from outside the SSM chamber

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2005.02.129;
PII
S0921-4534(05)00530-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
426-431
Journal Page Range
p. 1668-1673
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
17. International symposium on superconductivity - Advances in superconductivity XVII
Acronym
ISS 2004
Dates
23-25 Nov 2004
Place
Niigata (Japan)

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