| Electrodynamics of High Temperature Superconductors Contributor(s): Portis, Alan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810212488 ISBN-13: 9789810212483 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Superconductors & Superconductivity - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 537.623 |
| LCCN: 92043560 |
| Series: World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.14" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These lectures are concerned with the application of high temperature superconductors to both passive and active high-frequency devices.The central issue addressed is the electrodynamics of granular superconductors, particularly where grain boundaries (either natural or synthetic) act as Josephson weak-links. Grain boundaries are responsible for residual dissipation and for unwanted dependence of the electromagnetic properties on ambient magnetic fields and on elevated power level. Properly controlled, similar weak-links are the key to high sensitivity dc and rf SQUIDS at readily accessible temperatures, and to modulators, mixers and detectors. Such structures may conveniently lead to superconductive electronic devices as well as coherent sources of radiation in the very far infrared. |