High Tc superconducting asymmetric gradiometer for biomagnetic applications
High Tc superconducting asymmetric gradiometer for biomagnetic applications
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用于生物磁应用的高温超导非对称梯度计
DOI:
10.1063/1.1150706
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
J. Clarke
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作者:
K. Kouznetsov;J. Borgmann;J. Clarke
We describe a high transition temperature superconducting, first-order gradiometer intended for biomagnetic measurements in an unshielded environment. The gradiometer involves a single-layer, planar flux transformer with two loops of unequal size, the smaller of which is inductively coupled to the pickup loop of a directly coupled magnetometer. In this configuration, the presence of the flux transformer reduces the sensitivity of the magnetometer by only about 5%. The flux transformer is patterned in a thin film of YBa2Cu3O7−δ deposited on a 100 mm diam wafer, and has a baseline of 48 mm. The flux transformer and magnetometer substrates are permanently bonded together in a flipchip arrangement. The common mode rejection of uniform magnetic field fluctuations in any direction is better than 1 part per 100. The outputs of two such gradiometers are subtracted to form a second-order gradiometer, which rejects first-order gradient fluctuations to about 1 part in 100. With the aid of three orthogonally mounted ...