2nd Edition

Handbook of Superconductivity Characterization and Applications, Volume Three

880 Pages 705 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

880 Pages 705 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

880 Pages 705 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This is the last of three volumes of the extensively revised and updated second edition of the Handbook of Superconductivity . The past twenty years have seen rapid progress in superconducting materials, which exhibit one of the most remarkable physical states of matter ever to be discovered. Superconductivity brings quantum mechanics to the scale of the everyday world. Viable applications... Read more

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Editors-in-Chief

Contributors

Part G Characterization and Modelling Techniques

G1 Introduction to Section G1: Structure/Microstructure

Lance D. Cooley

G1.1 X-Ray Studies: Chemical Crystallography

Lance D. Cooley, Roman Gladyshevskii, and Theo Siegrist

G1.2 X-Ray Studies: Phase Transformations and Microstructure Changes

Christian Scheuerlein and M. Di Michiel

G1.3 Transmission Electron Microscopy

Fumitake Kametani

G1.4 An Introduction to Digital Image Analysis of Superconductors

Charlie Sanabria and Peter J. Lee

G1.5 Optical Microscopy

Pavel Diko

G1.6 Neutron Techniques: Flux-Line Lattice

Jonathan White

G2 Introduction to Section G2: Measurement and Interpretation of Electromagnetic Properties

Fedor Gömöry

G2.1 Electromagnetic Properties of Superconductors

Archie M. Campbell

G2.2 Numerical Models of the Electromagnetic Behavior of Superconductors

Francesco Grilli

G2.3 DC Transport Critical Currents

Marc Dhallé

G2.4 Characterisation of the Transport Critical Current Density for Conductor Applications

Mark J. Raine, Simon A. Keys, and Damian P. Hampshire

G2.5 Magnetic Measurements of Critical Current Density, Pinning, and Flux Creep

Michael Eisterer

G2.6 AC Susceptibility

Carles Navau, Nuria Del-Valle, and Alvaro Sanchez

G2.7 AC Losses in Superconducting Materials, Wires, and Tapes

Michael D. Sumption, Milan Majoros, and Edward W. Collings

G2.8 Characterization of Superconductor Magnetic Properties in Crossed Magnetic Fields

Philippe Vanderbemden

G2.9 Microwave Impedance

Adrian Porch

G2.10 Local Probes of Magnetic Field Distribution

Alejandro V. Silhanek, Simon Bending, and Steve Lee

G2.11 Some Unusual and Systematic Properties of Hole-Doped Cuprates in the Normal and Superconducting States

John R. Cooper

G3 Introduction to Section G3: Thermal, Mechanical, and Other Properties

Antony Carrington

G3.1 Thermal Properties: Specific Heat

Antony Carrington

G3.2 Thermal Properties: Thermal Conductivity

Kamran Behnia

G3.3 Thermal Properties: Thermal Expansion

Christoph Meingast

G3.4 Mechanical Properties

Wilfried Goldacker

G3.5 Magneto-Optical Characterization Techniques

Anatolii A. Polyanskii and David C. Larbalestier

Part H Applications

H1 Introduction to Large Scale Applications

John H. Durrell and Mark Ainslie

H1.1 Electromagnet Fundamentals

Harry Jones

H1.2 Superconducting Magnet Design

M’hamed Lakrimi

H1.3 MRI Magnets

Michael Parizh and Wolfgang Stautner

H1.4 High-Temperature Superconducting Current Leads

Amalia Ballarino

H1.5 Cables

Naoyuki Amemiya

H1.6 AC and DC Power Transmission

Antonio Morandi

H1.7 Fault-Current Limiters

Tabea Arndt

H1.8 Energy Storage

Ahmet Cansiz

H1.9 Transformers

Nicholas J. Long

H1.10 Electrical Machines Using HTS Conductors

Mark D. Ainslie

H1.11 Electrical Machines Using Bulk HTS

Mark D. Ainslie

H1.12 Homopolar Motors

Arkadiy Matsekh

H1.13 Magnetic Separation

James H. P. Watson and Peter A. Beharrell

H1.14 Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities

Gianluigi Ciovati

H2 Introduction to Section H2: High-Frequency Devices

John Gallop and Horst Rogalla

H2.1 Microwave Resonators and Filters

Daniel E. Oates

H2.2 Transmission Lines

Orest G. Vendik

H2.3 Antennae

Heinz J. Chaloupka and Victor K. Kornev

H3 Introduction to Section H3: Josephson Junction Devices

John Gallop and Alex I. Braginski

H3.1 Josephson Effects

Francesco Tafuri

H3.2 SQUIDs

Jaap Flokstra and Paul Seidel

H3.3 Biomagnetism

Tilmann H. Sander Thoemmes

H3.4 Nondestructive Evaluation

Hans-Joachim Krause, Michael Mück, and Saburo Tanaka

H3.5 Digital Electronics

Oleg A. Mukhanov

H3.6 Superconducting Analog-to-Digital Converters

Alan M. Kadin and Oleg A. Mukhanov

H3.7 Superconducting Qubits

Britton Plourde and Frank K. Wilhelm-Mauch

H4 Introduction to Radiation and Particle Detectors that Use Superconductivity

Caroline A. Kilbourne

H4.1 Superconducting Tunnel Junction Radiation Detectors

Stephan Friedrich

H4.2 Transition-Edge Sensors

Douglas A. Bennett

H4.3 Superconducting Materials for Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Benjamin A. Mazin

H4.4 Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters

Andreas Fleischmann, Loredana Gastaldo, Sebastian Kempf, and Christian Enss

H4.5 Optical Detectors and Sensors

Roman Sobolewski

H4.6 Low-Noise Superconducting Mixers for the Terahertz Frequency Range

Victor Belitsky, Serguei Cherednichenko, and Dag Winkler

H4.7 Applications: Metrology

John Gallop, Ling Hao, and Alain Rüfenacht

Glossary

Index

Biography

David A. Cardwell