| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J03077/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT OF A MAGNETIC FLUX MICROSCOPE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bending, Professor SJ |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Bath |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 1994 |
Ends: |
28 February 1997 |
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190,724
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
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A complete understanding of flux structures and their dynamic properties in high temperature superconductors is of paramount importance for their technological development and there is strong evidence to suggest that these materials show rich new phenomena due to their strong two- dimensional nature and high critical temperatures. We propose a new non-invasive technique for investigating flux structures with sub-micron resolution in which a high mobility GaAs Hall probe is scanned over the surface of a piece of superconducting mateial by piezo-electric translators. A spatial resolution of better than 0.5 micrometers will be possible over a field of greater than 10 x 10 micrometers together with the capability to resolve slow dynamic processes like flux creep. Development time will be saved by modifying a commercially available low temperature STM to carry the sub-micron Hall sensor. When fully developed the system should become a national resource for the investigation of high temperature superconducting materials.
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