• DocumentCode
    954019
  • Title

    Effects of laser irradiation on weak link devices

  • Author

    Janik, R. ; Morelli, L. ; Cirillo, N.C., Jr. ; Lechevet, J.N. ; Gregory, W.D. ; Goodman, W.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    687
  • Lastpage
    689
  • Abstract
    Experimental results will be presented on the effects of optical radiation impinging on superconducting weak links and films. In-house fabricated weak links of various materials showed a lowering of critical current values dependent on radiation intensity. Also, specially modified commercial SQUIDS showed a lowering of both dc bias and rf bias required for SQUID operation as the optical intensity was increased. We will discuss the possibility of using high Tc materials for SQUID fabrication and the "tuning" of these devices via optical irradiation.
  • Keywords
    Laser applications; Superconducting device radiation effects; Critical current; Laser tuning; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical tuning; SQUIDs; Superconducting films; Superconducting materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1975.1058597
  • Filename
    1058597