SQUID developments for the gravitational wave antenna MiniGRAIL

J. Pleikies; O. Usenko; K.H. Kuit; Jakob Flokstra; A. de Waard; A. de Waard; G. Frossati

doi:10.1109/TASC.2007.898067

SQUID developments for the gravitational wave antenna MiniGRAIL

J. Pleikies, O. Usenko, K.H. Kuit, Jakob Flokstra, A. de Waard, A. de Waard, G. Frossati

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Abstract

We designed two different sensor SQUIDs for the readout of the resonant mass gravitational wave detector MiniGRAIL. Both designs have integrated input inductors in the order of 1.5 muH and are planned for operation in the mK temperature range. Cooling fins were added to the shunt resistors. The fabricated SQUIDs show a behavior that differs from standard DC-SQUIDs. We were able to operate a design with a parallel configuration of washers at reasonable sensitivities. The flux noise saturated to a value of 0.84 muPhi0/radicHz below a temperature of 200 mK. The equivalent noise referred to the current through the input coil is 155 fA/radicHz and the energy resolution yields 62 h.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	764-767
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2007.898067
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

METIS-243146
Energy resolution
SQUID sensor
IR-61501
cooling fins
gravitational wave antenna
resonant mass gravitational wave detector
shunt resistors
integrated input inductors
parallel washer configuration readout system
flux noise
temperature 200 mK

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