Superconductor Electronics: Fundamentals and Microwave Applications (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) - Softcover

Hinken, Johann H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642747469 ISBN 13: 9783642747465

Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

Recent research on superconductors with high critical temperature has led to results that were not available when the original German edition was prepared but could be included in the present English edition. This concerns materials based on bismuth and thallium, as well as measurements of low microwave loss. The author would like to thank Mr. A. H. Armstrong for translating the book from German to English in a very dedicated and competent manner. Thanks are also due once again to Springer-Verlag for their generous support and cordial cooperation. Bad Salzdetfurth September 1989 Johann H. Rinken Preface to the German Edition The development of materials which lose their electrical resistance when cooled, even before reaching the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, has considerably in­ creased the interest in superconductor technology, and with it superconductor electronics. This development had not been foreseen when work on the present book started, just over a year ago. Nevertheless, recent results of research on materials with high critical temperature are included to the extent that they seem to be confirmed and to be of interest to superconductor electronics. The present book deals with the physical and technological foundations of superconductor electronics so far as they must be known in order to under­ stand the principal modes of operation of superconductor electronics components.

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Product Description

This book deals with the structure, physical mechanisms and technical applications of superconducting electronic devices. It presents the fundamentals of superconducting electronics in general, and deals in detail with applications in microwave engineering, for example in SIS mixers and Josephson dc references. Practical aspects, including device production and the choice of suitable materials, as well as the related cryogenic engineering, are treated in special sections, and the impact of high-TC superconductivity is taken into account. Students in electronic engineering and physics will find the book a well-balanced introduction; for professionals it is an excellent overview of a field of fast-growing importance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642747469
• ISBN 13: 9783642747465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168