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Miniaturization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) is of major importance for the development of sensitive scanning nanoscale magnetometry tools. The high sensitivity of nanoSQUIDs is restricted, however, to only…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-28 Alexander Y. Meltzer , Aviram Uri , Eli Zeldov

We report a scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator with a base temperature at the sample stage of at least 30 mK. The microscope is rigidly mounted to the mixing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 D. Low , G. M. Ferguson , Alexander Jarjour , Brian T. Schaefer , Maja D. Bachmann , Philip J. W. Moll , Katja C. Nowack

Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are one of the most popular devices in superconducting electronics. They combine the Josephson effect with the quantization of magnetic flux in superconductors. This gives rise to one of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-21 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Koelle

We report on a scanned superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope operating in a cryogen-free cryostat, with the capability of up to forty RF connections with 20 GHz bandwidth to a device under test. The system utilizes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-10 Ian W. Haygood , Bochao Xu , John Biesecker , Michael L. Schneider

Superconducting QUantum-Interference Devices (SQUIDs) make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible in ultra-low microtesla-range magnetic fields. In this work, we investigate the design parameters affecting the signal and noise…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-16 Koos C. J. Zevenhoven , Antti J. Mäkinen , Risto J. Ilmoniemi

The investigation of novel electronic phases in low-dimensional quantum materials demands for the concurrent development of new measurement techniques that combine surface sensitivity with high spatial resolution and high measurement…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-14 Berthold Jäck

Precise gravitational measurements are vital for geophysics and inertial navigation, but compact gravimeters with high measurement bandwidth remain difficult to realize. We propose and analyze a chip-scale superconducting gravimeter in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Salman Sajad Wani , Mughees Ahmed Khan , Abrar Ahmed Naqash , Saif Al-Kuwari

The requirements for the construction of ultra-sensitive SQUID instrumentation as used in biomagnetism are presented. Typically, SQUIDs are inductively coupled to pick-up coils and for this arrangement one can improve the noise performance…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-25 Rainer Körber

We present the fabrication of nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) at the apex of wireframe tips on self-aligned superconducting cantilever probes. The probes are made on silicon wafers using molding techniques in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-19 Thijs J. Roskamp , Tim Horstink , Melissa J Goodwin , Erwin Berenschot , Edin Sarajilic , Roeland Huijink , Niels Tas , Hans Hilgenkamp

The development of advanced packaging is essential in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. However, non-destructive testing (NDT) of advanced packaging becomes increasingly challenging due to the depth and complexity of the layers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-17 J. Senthilnath , Jayasanker Jayabalan , Zhuoyi Lin , Aye Phyu Phyu Aung , Chen Hao , Kaixin Xu , Yeow Kheng Lim , F. C. Wellstood

Scanning nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are gaining interest as highly sensitive microscopic magnetic and thermal characterization tools of quantum and topological states of matter and devices. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-07 Kousik Bagani , Jayanta Sarkar , Aviram Uri , Michael L. Rappaport , Martin E. Huber , Eli Zeldov , Yuri Myasoedov

Widefield quantum diamond microscopy is a powerful technique for imaging magnetic fields with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. However, current methods to approach the ultimate spatial resolution ($<500\,$nm) are impractical for…

We investigated, at temperature $4.2\,\mathrm{K}$, electric transport, flux noise and resulting spin sensitivity of miniaturized Nb direct current superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on submicron Josephson junctions…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Nagel , O. F. Kieler , T. Weimann , R. Wölbing , J. Kohlmann , A. B. Zorin , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle , M. Kemmler

Scanning nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (nanoSQUIDs) are of growing interest for highly sensitive quantitative imaging of magnetic, spintronic, and transport properties of low-dimensional systems. Utilizing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-13 Y. Anahory , H. R. Naren , E. O. Lachman , S. Buhbut Sinai , A. Uri , L. Embon , E. Yaakobi , Y. Myasoedov , M. E. Huber , R. Klajn , E. Zeldov

We have developed a novel dc SQUID system with a micro-coil input circuit to act as a local probe of quantum matter and nanosystems. The planar niobium micro-coil pickup loop is located remotely from the SQUID, coupled through a…

Linear super-resolution microscopy via synthesis aperture approach permits fast acquisition because of its wide-field implementations, however, it has been limited in resolution because a missing spatial-frequency band occurs when trying to…

We demonstrate the fabrication of scanning superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) on the apex of sharp quartz scanning probes -- known as SQUID-on-tip probes -- using conventional magnetron sputtering. We produce and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-16 G. Romagnoli , E. Marchiori , K. Bagani , M. Poggio

We present the design, realization and performance of a three-axis vector nano Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (nanoSQUID). It consists of three mutually orthogonal SQUID nanoloops that allow distinguishing the three components…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-24 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Gella , B. Müller , V. Morosh , R. Wöbling , J. Sesé , O. Kieler , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle

Among some of the current uses of the DC Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are qubit-readouts and sensors for probing properties of quantum materials. We present a rather unique gradiometric niobium SQUID design with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-15 Ilya Sochnikov , Donovan Davino , Beena Kalisky

The magnetic field noise in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) used for biomagnetic research such as magnetoencephalography or ultra-low-field nuclear magnetic resonance is usually limited by instrumental dewar noise. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-20 Jan-Hendrik Storm , Peter Hömmen , Dietmar Drung , Rainer Körber