Microwave Superconductivity [Paperback]

Detailed coverage of all aspects of microwave superconductivity: fundamentals, fabrication, measurement, components, circuits, cryogenic packaging and market potential. Both a graduate-level textbook and a reference for microwave engineers. Applications (with either active or passive circuit elements) include those at both liquid-helium and liquid-nitrogen temperatures. Topics covered include wireless communications, space-based cryoelectronics, SQUIDs and SQUID amplifiers, NMR and MRI coils, accelerator cavities, and Josephson flux-flow devices.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Millau, France, 29 August-10 September 1999Detailed coverage of all aspects of microwave superconductivity: fundamentals, fabrication, measurement, components, circuits, cryogenic packaging and market potential. Both a graduate-level textbook and a reference for microwave engineers. Applications (with either active or passive circuit elements) include those at both liquid-helium and liquid-nitrogen temperatures. Topics covered include wireless communications, space-based cryoelectronics, SQUIDs and SQUID amplifiers, NMR and MRI coils, accelerator cavities, and Josephson flux-flow devices.Introduction. Acknowledgments.Fundamentals and Materials. 1. Fundamental Considerations of Superconductors at Microwave Frequencies; M.J. Lancaster. 2. Microwave Properties of Superconductors; M.A. Hein. 3. Growth and Processing of High Temperature Superconductor Thin Films; R.G. Humphreys. 4. High Temperature Superconducting Thick Films For Microwave Applications; M.J. Lancaster, T.W. Button. 5. Nonlinear Behavior of Superconducting Devices; D.E. Oates.Microwave Structures and Measurement Techniques. 6. HTS Resonators and Filters; S.H. Talisa. 7. Three-Dimensional Cryogenic Filters; R.R. Mansour. 8. Design of HTS Distributed Two-Dimensional Devices; S.H. Talisa. 9. Design of Lumped-Element 2D RF Devices; H.J. Chaloupka, S. Kolesov. 10. Near-Field Microwave Microscopy of Matelƒ6