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superconducting quantum interference device

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Also known as: SQUID

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Josephson effect

  • In Josephson effect

    …to the operation of the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), which is a very sensitive detector of magnetic fields. It is used to measure tiny variations in the magnetic field of the Earth and also of the human body.

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use of ceramics

  • Figure 1: Schematic diagram of a zirconia oxygen sensor used to monitor automobile exhaust gases. The sensor, approximately the size of a spark plug, is fitted into the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine. The thimble-shaped zirconia sensor, sandwiched between thin layers of porous platinum, is exposed on its interior to outside air and on its exterior to exhaust gas passing through slits in the sensor shield. The two platinum surfaces serve as electrodes, conducting a voltage across the zirconia that varies according to the difference in oxygen content between the exhaust gas and the outside air.
    In conductive ceramics: Superconductors

    …junctions and so-called SQUIDs (superconducting quantum interference devices). Josephson junctions, formed at contacts between two superconductors, can convert a direct voltage into an alternating current whose frequency rises with applied voltage. Frequencies in the superhigh frequency (SHF) range can be achieved. SQUIDs are highly sensitive magnetic-field sensors based on…

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