Barrier parameters and superconducting gap structure of the etched surface of Y−Ba−Cu−O by scanning tunnelling spectroscopy

Summary Using a scanning tunnelling microscope, the tunnelling currentvs. voltage is measured between a gold tip and the chemically etched (001) surface of YBa₂Cu₃O _x crystals at room temperature. The tunnelling barrier height and thickness are derived by modelling the system in the normal state as a conventional N-I-N junction. TheI(V) andG(V) curves are computed for the same junction in the superconducting state (N-I-S junction). The predicted gap structure for a single BCS-Dynes-like gap is simple and has low zero-bias conductance. The complexG(V) spectra measured belowT _c on the etched junctions with ∼ 50% zero-bias conductance suggest a possible multilayer contribution in the unit cell. In honour of Prof. Fausto Fumi on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.     

超导磁约束系统中超导磁体涡流损耗的研究

在超导磁约束系统中,超导磁体与射频场、磁场、声场、电场等复合场的兼容耦合是系统稳定运行的关键。探讨了在13.56 MHz频率下的Shoji型天线产生的高频电磁波对超导磁体的影响,高频电磁波会在超导磁体表面产生涡流损耗,进而产生功率损耗并生成热量,导致超导磁体失超。为避免失超现象的发生,在超导磁体室温孔内采用金属屏蔽层进行防护。利用COMSOL软件对整个电磁-射频非线性耦合场进行建模仿真分析,完成了屏蔽层结构的优化选择。基于计算结果,分析讨论了屏蔽层厚度和高度变化对超导磁体上涡流损耗功率的变化影响。通过对超导磁体涡流损耗功率随屏蔽层参数变化进行拟合,最终得到了优化后的屏蔽层参数。     

Pt100温度计电阻和温度关系的拟合

全超导托卡马克(Tokam ak)装置EAST是国家"九五"大科学工程,温度参数是超导磁体最重要也是最基本的运行参数之一。工作在液氮温区的装置部件的温度通过铂电阻温度计Pt100进行监测。根据温度计的一组实测R-T数据进行拟合,得到与实际温度逼近度高的R-T关系函数,从而提高了EAST装置液氮温区温度测量的准确度。     

基于热敏超导边界转变传感的单光子探测技术

单光子探测是实现光量子信息处理的关键技术之一。基于热敏超导边界转变传感的单光子探测技术以其独有的极低的暗计数率、极高的量子探测效率和极强的光子数分辨能力而倍受关注。对比于其他的几种单光子探测技术,如光电倍增管、工作于盖革模式的雪崩二极管和超导纳米线等,本文将从其探测原理、实验样品制备和信号采集处理方法等方面出发,对基于热敏超导边界转变传感单光子探测技术研究的历史、现状进行综述,进而展望其未来可能的发.     

超导纳米线单光子探测系统的时间抖动

超导纳米线单光子探测(SNSPD)器件具有较低的时间抖动特性,可以实现低误码率的QKD和高精度的激光测距。文中对超导纳米线单光子探测系统的时间抖动进行了详细的分析和测量,分析了SNSPD系统各部分对系统抖动的贡献。使用时间相关的单光子计数技术(TCSPC)和示波器的抖动分析软件,分别测量了SNSPD系统的时间抖动,比较了两种方法的优劣。在两种测量方法下,系统总的时间抖动分别约为42ps和31ps,计算后得到单光子探测器件的抖动约为25ps。发现放大器的性能对系统时间抖动影响明显。通过使用不同放大器比较分析了测量得到的时间抖动。     

准分子激光蒸发YBa_2Cu_3C(7-x)靶产生等离子体的膨胀过程研究

对XeCl准分子激光蒸发YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-x)陶瓷靶产生的等离子体进行了实验和理论研究.利用发射光谱,分辨出等离子体内的各种粒子.并对各种粒子进行了飞行时间谱测量.在实验的基础上,建立了一个等离子体的膨胀模型.计算结果与实验符合较好.     

基于微米颗粒填充的粉末低通滤波器仿真

粉末滤波器是一种可应用于超导量子计算等低温实验系统的低通滤波器, 随着频率的升高滤波器会对信号产生急剧的有效衰减, 粉末滤波器的填充材料、 中心导线长度、 线径和结构等参数会对它的频率响应特性产生影响. 本文利用 CST 微波工作室基于微米颗粒填充的方式, 首次对不同中心导线结构的粉末滤波器性能进行三维仿真研究, 仿真结果与实测结果对比后的定性一致性, 说明仿真方法的可行性和准确性. 仿真方法的提出可以有效地加快滤波器结构的迭代速度, 从而降低研发周期和成本, 方便可应用于超导量子计算的新一代粉末滤波器的开发.     

Transient stability of AC multi-strand superconducting cables

AC application, it is necessary to estimate the stability of multi-strand superconducting cable. Therefore, we have been studying the transient stability of non-insulated multi-strand cable when one strand in a cable turns into the normal state locally. In the quench process, local temperature rise produced by current redistribution among strands is not desirable for stability. In a previous work, we discussed the effect of Cu matrix allocated to each strand on the transient stability and showed that the Cu matrix allocation can improve the stability of non-insulated multi-strand cable through mainly numerical simulations. In this paper, we carried out experiments on three kinds of non-insulated three-strand cables; one consists of NbTi/CuNi strands and the others consist of NbTi/Cu/CuNi strands having different cross-sectional arrangement. These sample strands have almost the same diameter, the same matrix to superconductor ratio and the same B–J characteristics to evaluate the effect of Cu allocation quantitatively. We choose to define the transient stability in terms of the minimum quench energy (MQE) at each DC transport current. We also investigated the transient stability of sample cables when quench is initiated in two or three (all) strands simultaneously.     

Magnetic- and stress-fields of cylindrical non-uniform current density superconducting coils

Superconducting coils with an inhomogeneous current density distribution yield more field for less volume of superconductor. The advantages of these systems are lower costs and an improved cooling. The latter is important for high field magnets. Mechanical stresses induced by the electromagnetic forces are the limiting factor in designing such coils. The inhomogeneous current field is produced by a set of concentric subcoils. The radial and tensile stresses and the radial displacements in the subcoils are calculated. This calculation requires the field-shape in the coils. An exact calculation shows a linear decrease of the field with the radius in each subcoil. Thus the stress-calculations are very simple and one does not need a computer. As an example this method is applied to a 10 T-magnet with three subcoils. In this case the results of our exact calculation differ from the approximation of Kilbet al., Steklyet al. and from the magnetic pressure estimateB ²/2μ ₀ up to a factor of three.