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We designed and fabricated a new type of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) susceptometers for magnetic imaging of quantum materials. The 2-junction SQUID sensors employ 3D Nb nano-bridges fabricated using electron beam…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Y. P. Pan , S. Y. Wang , X. Y. Liu , Y. S. Lin , L. X. Ma , Y. Feng , Z. Wang , L. Chen , Y. H. Wang

We developed a scanning DC SQUID microscope with novel readout electronics capable of wideband sensing RF magnetic fields from 50 to 200 MHz and simultaneously providing closed-loop response at kHz frequencies. To overcome the 20 MHz…

We have designed and characterized a micro-SQUID with dispersive readout for use in low temperature scanning probe microscopy systems. The design features a capacitively shunted RF SQUID with a tunable resonance frequency from 5 to 12 GHz,…

The recent demonstration that nanoparticles associated with various biological molecules and pharmacological agents can be administered systemically to humans, without toxicity from the particles, has opened a new era in the targeting of…

Medical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. G. Kenning , R. Rodriguez , V. S. Zotev , A. Moslemi , S. Wilson , L. Hawel , C. Byus , J. S. Kovach

A novel setup for the measurement of magnetic fields external to certain antiferromagnets and generally weakly remanent magnetic materials is presented. The setup features a highly sensitive Super Conducting Quantum Interference Device…

Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) microscopy has excellent magnetic field sensitivity, but suffers from modest spatial resolution when compared with other scanning probes. This spatial resolution is determined by both the…

We have fabricated arrays of High-T$_c$ Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) with randomly distributed loop sizes as sensitive antennas for Radio-Frequency (RF) waves. These sub-wavelength size devices known as…

We report a low temperature measurement technique and magnetization data of a quantum molecular spin, by implementing an on-chip SQUID technique. This technique enables the SQUID magnetometery in high magnetic fields, up to 7 Tesla. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-14 L. Chen , W. Wernsdorfer , C. Lampropoulos , G. Christou , I. Chiorescu

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

Direct-current superconducting quantum interference devices (dc-SQUIDs) are one of the most sensitive magnetic detectors. These sensors are extensively used in the readout of superconducting transition edge sensors (TESs), which are used…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-29 Nan Li , Mengjie Song , Sixiao Hu , Wentao Wu , Songqing Liu , Tangchong Kuang , Yudong Gu , Xiangxiang Ren , Xufang Li , He Gao , Zhengwei Li , Congzhan Liu

The readout system with a high multiplexing ratio has become a bottleneck limiting the application of large-scale Transition Edge Sensor (TES) detector arrays. In recent years, the microwave superconducting quantum interference device…

Ultra-low-field (ULF) MRI offers portable and low-cost imaging but suffers from poor image quality. To address this, we present our submission to the 2025 ULF Enhancement Challenge (ULF-EnC), where the goal is to synthesise high-field-like…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-28 James Grover , Andrew Phair , Michael Ferraro , David E. J. Waddington

Direct imaging of impressed dc currents inside the head can provide valuable conductivity information, possibly improving electro-magnetic neuroimaging. Ultra-low field magnetic resonance imaging (ULF MRI) at $\mu$T Larmor fields can be…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-05-09 P. Hömmen , J. -H. Storm , N. Höfner , R. Körber

Ultra-low field magnetic resonance imaging(ULF-MRI) systems operating in open environments are highly susceptible to composite electromagnetic interference(EMI). Different imaging channels respond non-uniformly to EMI owing to their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-09 Jiali He , Sheng Shen , Jiamin Wu , Xiaohan Kong , Yamei Dai , Liang Tan , Zheng Xu

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) super-resolution (SR) methods that computationally enhance low-resolution acquisitions to approximate high-resolution quality offer a compelling alternative to expensive high-field scanners. In this work we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Hendrik Chiche , Ludovic Corcos , Logan Rouge

The advent of scalp magnetoencephalography (MEG) based on optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) may represent a step change in the field of human electrophysiology. Compared to cryogenic MEG based on superconducting quantum interference…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-03-07 Vincent Wens

A microwave SQUID multiplexer ($\mu$MUX) has been optimized for coupling to large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. We present the scalable cryogenic multiplexer chip design in a 1820-channel multiplexer…

Ultra-Low Field (ULF) MRI scanners offer a portable and cost-effective alternative to conventional MRI systems, but require careful calibration to compensate for reduced magnetic field strength and signal quality. In this paper, we present…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Jonathan W. Morris

In the past five years, the use of generative and foundational AI systems has greatly improved the decoding of brain activity. Visual perception, in particular, can now be decoded from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Yohann Benchetrit , Hubert Banville , Jean-Rémi King

We report the results of a detailed numerical analysis of a real resonant spherical gravitational wave antenna operating with six resonant two-mode capacitive transducers read out by superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Luciano Gottardi