SQUID sensors : fundamentals, fabrication, and applications

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    • NATO Advanced Study Institute on SQUID Sensors: Fundamentals, Febrication, and Appliations
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SQUID sensors : fundamentals, fabrication, and applications

edited by Harold Weinstock

(NATO ASI series, series E . Applied sciences ; vol. 329)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996

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"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on SQUID Sensors: Fundamentals, Febrication, and Appliations, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, June 18-30, 1995"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This text examines all aspects of constructing and using SQUID magnetic sensors that operate at either liquid helium or liquid nitrogen temperatures (4 or 77 K, respectively). There is comprehensive coverage of a range of established and emerging applications: biomagnetism, geophysics, nondestructive evaluation, detection of unexploded ordnance, and gravity gradiometry. The principles of both dc and rf SQUIDS are discussed extensively, as are the geometries, electronic circuitry and analysis techniques required to maximize performance. A major chapter of SQUID gradiometers in real environments presents original information on how to minimize noise from external sources. The discussions of biomagnetism describe the growing importance of neuromagnetometry with systems employing over 100 SQUID sensors, as well as the emergence of magnetocardiography and foetal heartbeat monitoring. Analysis techniques relevant to both biomagnetism and nondestructive evaluation are presented in depth.

Table of Contents

  • 1. SQUID Fundamentals
  • J. Clarke. 2. Advanced SQUID Read-Out Electronics
  • D. Drung. 3. SQUID Gradiometers in Real Environments
  • J. Vrba. DC SQUIDs: Design, Optimization and Practical Applications
  • R. Cantor. 5. Fabrication of High-Temperature SQUID Magnetometers
  • A.I. Braginski. 6. Pulse Tube Refrigerators: A Cooling Option for High-Cc SQUIDs
  • C. Heiden. 7. High-Resolution Magnetic Imaging: Cellular Action Currents and Other Applications
  • J.P. Wikswo, Jr. 8. The Volume Conductor Problem in Biomagnetism
  • M.J. Peters, et al. 9. Magnetocardiography, an Introduction
  • S.N. Erne, J. Lehmann. 10. Magnetocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Mapping Studies
  • G. Stroink, et al. 11. Neuromagnetism and Its Clinical Applications
  • G.L. Romani, et al. 12. Integrating Competing Technologies with MEG
  • M.C. Gilardi, et al. 13. Superconducting Magnetic Gradiometers for Mobile Applications with an Emphasis on Ordnance Detection
  • T.R. Clem, et al. 14. Superconducting Accelerometers, Gravitational-Wave Transducers, and Gravity Gradiometers
  • H.J. Paik. 15. The Use of SQUIDs for Nondestructive Evaluation
  • G.B. Donaldson, et al. 16. The Magnetic Inverse Problem for NDE
  • J.P. Wikswo, Jr.

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