SQUID Sensors : Fundamentals, Fabrication and Applications

This text examines all aspects of constructing and using SQUID magnetic sensors that operate at either liquid helium or liquid nitrogen temperatures (4 or 77 K, respectively).

Preface. Introduction. 1. SQUID Fundamentals; J. Clarke. 2. Advanced SQUID Read-Out Electronics; D. Drung. 3. SQUID Gradiometers in Real Environments; J. Vrba. DC SQUIDs: Design, Optimization and Practical Applications; R. Cantor. 5. Fabrication of High-Temperature SQUID Magnetometers; A.I. Braginski. 6. Pulse Tube Refrigerators: A Cooling Option for High-Cc SQUIDs; C. Heiden. 7. High-Resolution Magnetic Imaging: Cellular Action Currents and Other Applications; J.P. Wikswo, Jr. 8. The Volume Conductor Problem in Biomagnetism; M.J. Peters, et al. 9. Magnetocardiography, an Introduction; S.N. Erné, J. Lehmann. 10. Magnetocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Mapping Studies; G. Stroink, et al. 11. Neuromagnetism and Its Clinical Applications; G.L. Romani, et al. 12. Integrating Competing Technologies with MEG; M.C. Gilardi, et al. 13. Superconducting Magnetic Gradiometers for Mobile Applications with an Emphasis on Ordnance Detection; T.R. Clem, et al. 14. Superconducting Accelerometers, Gravitational-Wave Transducers, and Gravity Gradiometers; H.J. Paik. 15. The Use of SQUIDs for Nondestructive Evaluation; G.B. Donaldson, et al. 16. The Magnetic Inverse Problem for NDE; J.P. Wikswo, Jr. Index. Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms.