Analysis of the 4-junction SQUID

Author

Suzuki, K. ; Okabe, Y.

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1841

Lastpage

1844

Abstract

The circuit of the 4-junction superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), which has two series of Josephson junctions at each side of the SQUID coil, is analyzed. The 4-junction SQUID is considered to have the advantage of a larger voltage modulation depth than that of the normal DC SQUID. The authors have tried to make its behavior clear by computer simulations. It has been found that the 4-junction SQUID has a different mode from that of the normal DC SQUID in its dynamic behavior, which causes hysteresis in the I-V characteristics. It has also been found that a large voltage modulation depth can be realized in spite of large SQUID coil inductance, so that the area of the primary coil can be more than 10 times larger. The noise performance of the 4-junction SQUID is also analyzed, and it is possible that this SQUID has higher sensitivity by virtue of circuit-parameter optimization.<>

Keywords

SQUIDs; circuit analysis computing; electron device noise; equivalent circuits; 4-junction SQUID; I-V characteristics hysteresis; Josephson junctions; circuit-parameter optimization; computer simulations; dynamic behavior; equivalent circuit; noise performance; sensitivity; voltage modulation depth; Circuits; Computer simulation; Hysteresis; Inductance; Interference; Josephson junctions; SQUIDs; Superconducting coils; Superconducting devices; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233323

Filename

233323