WO2003063260A1 - Detecteur de champ magnetique hautement sensible - Google Patents
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- WO2003063260A1 WO2003063260A1 PCT/JP2003/000662 JP0300662W WO03063260A1 WO 2003063260 A1 WO2003063260 A1 WO 2003063260A1 JP 0300662 W JP0300662 W JP 0300662W WO 03063260 A1 WO03063260 A1 WO 03063260A1
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- the invention of this application relates to a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor. More specifically, the invention of this application relates to a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor capable of observing a weak magnetic field change in a high magnetic field region.
- a Hall element using a semiconductor has been generally used to detect a magnetic field.However, the most sensitive two-dimensional electron gas Hall element only detects a magnetic field strength of about 10 to 3 Gauss. I'm wearing A good magnetic field sensor-yet sensitive than Hall element has a superconducting quantum interference element (SQUID), in the case of this SQUID, can detect the magnetic field strength of 1 0- 7 G auss.
- SQUID superconducting quantum interference element
- the SQUID had various problems, such as being usable only in a low magnetic field region, requiring a magnetic shield, and requiring operation at liquid helium temperature.
- the invention of this application has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and solves the problems of the conventional technology, and provides a high sensitivity magnetic field capable of observing a weak magnetic field change in a high magnetic field region.
- the task is to provide sensors. Disclosure of the invention
- the invention has a Josephson junction made of a superconductor, allows a current to flow perpendicular to the Josephson junction, and allows the Josephson junction to The periodicity of the Josephson flux line flow voltage caused by applying a magnetic field almost in parallel
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor based on fluctuations, which detects the corresponding magnetic field from the measured Josephson flux line flow voltage-magnetic field curve and the voltage value measured with a current flowing. To provide a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor characterized by this.
- the invention of this application provides the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to the first invention, wherein the superconductor is an oxide high-temperature superconductor.
- the third, the second aspect, the oxide high-temperature superconductor, B i 2 S r 2 C a C u 2 O x ( bismuth 2 2 1 2) compound-based oxide high-temperature superconductors A highly sensitive magnetic field sensor is provided.
- the Josephson flux line flow voltage is determined by the width of the Josephson junction surface orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic field applied to the Josephson junction surface and the direction of the current.
- the present invention also provides a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor characterized in that the period of the fluctuation is determined and the period is inversely proportional to the width of the Josephson junction.
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor characterized in that the current density of a current flowing perpendicularly to the Josephson junction surface is 10 O AZ cm 2 or less. provide.
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to any one of the first to fifth inventions, wherein the inclination of the direction of the applied magnetic field with respect to the Josephson junction surface is within 0.3 degrees. provide.
- the seventh as in one of the third to 6, B i 2 S r 2 C a C u 2 O x compound-based oxide high-temperature superconductor, the composition adjusted in the range of not impairing the properties, elemental Can be replaced with added or element-substituted ones, controlled oxygen concentration, injected quasiparticles or Cooper pairs, or other high-temperature superconductors with a unique Josephson junction structure in a stacked state
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor characterized in that it is at least one of the following.
- the Josephson junction is a superconducting layer— Provided is a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor having a superconducting multilayer structure having an insulating layer-superconducting layer structure.
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to any one of the first to eighth inventions, wherein the operating temperature is equal to or lower than a superconducting transition temperature.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the Josephson flux line flow resistance-magnetic field curve in the present invention.
- the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to the invention of the present application has a Josephson junction made of a superconductor, generates a current by flowing a current perpendicular to the Josephson junction, and applying a magnetic field substantially parallel to the Josephson junction.
- This is a magnetic field sensor based on the periodic variation of the Josephson flux line flow voltage.From the measured Josephson flux line flow voltage-magnetic field curve and the value of the voltage measured with the current flowing, It detects the corresponding magnetic field.
- the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application measures the value of the voltage that changes in response to a slight change in the magnetic field, and determines the amount of change in the measured voltage and the previously determined Josephson flux line flow voltage. —To detect the corresponding weak magnetic field change by using the magnetic field curve You can do it.
- the Josephson flux line flow resistance corresponding to the Josephson flux line flow voltage is generated by the above method, the Josephson flux line flow resistance-magnetic field curve and the amount of change in resistance measured with the current flowing are shown in FIG. However, it is of course possible to detect the corresponding change in the magnetic field.
- a high-temperature oxide superconductor can be microfabricated to form a Josephson junction, and a current can be applied perpendicular to the Josephson junction and a magnetic field can be applied substantially parallel to the Josephson junction.
- the Josephson flux lines are driven by the current flowing perpendicularly to the Josephson junction, and a Josephson flux line flow voltage (resistance) is generated.
- a Josephson flux line flow voltage resistance
- periodic fluctuations are observed in the Josephson flux line voltage (resistance), and the Josephson flux Line flow voltage (resistance)
- One magnetic field curve is determined.
- the corresponding change in the magnetic field can be detected.
- a highly sensitive magnetic field sensor that can observe changes in the magnetic field can be obtained.
- the physical quantity of Josephson flux lines one that is quantized 2. corresponds to 0 7 X 1 0- 7 G auss * cm 2, high sensitivity magnetic field sensor one invention of this application, the size of the joint Thus, the number of Josephson flux lines can be measured.
- the slope of the resistance with respect to the magnetic field is 0. ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Obtained, since the sensitivity of the normal sensitivity good resistance meter available is less than 1 X 1 0- 9 o hm, (1 X 1 0 - 9 o hm) / (0. 1 5 1 9 7 o hm / O e) Ku 1 X 1 O _ 8 0 e, and the highly sensitive magnetic field sensor in this case it is possible to detect a magnetic field with a smaller precision than 1 X 1 0- 8 G auss, a weak magnetic field Changes can be observed.
- the period of the periodic fluctuation that appears in the Josephson flux line flow voltage is proportional to the increase in the magnetic field when one Josephson flux line enters one Josephson junction, so it is applied to the Josephson junction surface.
- the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of the present application uses When operating from just below a few K and using an oxide superconductor, it operates satisfactorily even at liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K), so it is cheaper than SQUID and easier to use than SQUID be able to.
- the S QU ID in the case of the S QU ID, it can be used only in a low magnetic field region and requires a magnetic shield, but the high sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application can be used in a high magnetic field region, There is no need to do it.
- highly sensitive magnetic field sensors of the invention of this application B i 2 S r 2 C a C u 2 ⁇ _X compound-based oxide high-temperature superconductor, the composition adjusted within a range not to impair the properties, elements added or element substitution
- the oxygen concentration is controlled It is also possible to use at least one of the following: an implanted quasiparticle or a pair of capsules, and an implantable one that can be replaced by another high-temperature superconductor having a unique Josephson junction structure in a laminated state.
- the quasiparticle injection method or the Cooper pair injection method into the sensor is effective.
- a method of controlling the cycle of the (resistance) fluctuation is also possible.
- the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application may have a Josephson junction having a conventional superconducting multilayer structure having a superconducting layer-insulating layer-superconducting layer structure.
- the operating temperature in the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application the Josephson junction, B i 2 S r 2 C a C u oxide high temperature superconductor such as 2 O x compound-based oxide high-temperature superconductors
- the temperature is lower than the superconducting transition temperature in both the case of a body single crystal and the case of a conventional superconducting layer-insulating layer-superconducting layer having a superconducting multilayer structure.
- the principle of operation of the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor according to the invention of this application is that there is no need to create a laminated film consisting of an artificial superconducting layer, an insulating layer, and a superconducting layer, and a single crystal oxide high-temperature superconductor is used as it is. be able to.
- a single crystal oxide high-temperature superconductor is used as it is. be able to.
- microfabrication technology using ion beams and the like that have been conventionally used can be followed, and further, electrodes for control can be formed by conventional methods. Many of the technical issues have been resolved.
- Bismuth 2 2 1 2 (B i 2 S r 2 C a Cu 2 O x ) -based oxide The properties of the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application were evaluated using a conductor single crystal.
- a bismuth 2 2 12 oxide high-temperature superconductor single crystal (1) was cut into strips as shown in Fig. 1 (A), and then focused ions as shown in Fig. 1 (B).
- the unique Josephson junction (2) was machined by the beam.
- Fig. 1 (C) is a cutaway view of the intrinsic Josephson junction (2).
- the arrows in Fig. 1 (C) indicate the direction of the current in the vertical direction and the direction of the magnetic field in the horizontal direction. Is shown.
- Figure 2 is a photograph of the intrinsic Josephson junction (2) after microfabrication.
- the size of the junction (2) is width: 18 (W in the inset)
- the inset in FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the intrinsic Josephson junction (2) used in the example, where the Josephson junction is perpendicular to the c-axis.
- the direction of the magnetic field is actually tilted about 0.02 degrees from the Josephson junction, and the magnitude of the current flowing perpendicular to the Josephson junction is A.
- FIG. 1 (A) the Josephson flux line flow resistance was measured by a four-terminal measurement method using an AC resistance bridge L R-700.
- Figure 3 shows the change in the Josephson flux-line flow resistance when the magnetic field was increased at a temperature of 65 K.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 3 is the magnitude of the magnetic field
- the vertical axis is the magnitude of the resistance.
- Josephson flux line flow resistance began to appear when the magnetic field intensity was around 3 k O e, and periodic fluctuations appeared in the Josephson flux line flow resistance around 7 k O e.
- the periodic variation of the Josephson flux line flow resistance has a constant period of about 0,4 kOe, and over a wide magnetic field up to around 25 k ⁇ e. Periodic change Movement is appearing.
- the fluctuation stops around 25 kOe because the magnetic flux lines penetrate perpendicularly to the Josephson junction surface due to the slight inclination of the magnetic field with respect to the Josephson junction surface, and the pancake flux lines are generated. This is because the Josephson flux line flow stops due to the pinning due to.
- the fluctuation period is about 0.4 kOe because one Josephson flux line is inserted into two Josephson junctions existing in the bismuth 2 212 oxide high-temperature superconductor single crystal. It is equivalent to That is, when one Josephson flux line enters and exits the Josephson junction, the Josephson flux flow resistance changes greatly.
- the slope of the Josephson flux line flow resistance with respect to the magnetic field was obtained using one cycle, and the slope was 0.15 197 ohmZOe. since good resistance meter sensitivity is less than 1 X 1 0- 9 o hm of the (1 X 1 0- 9 o hm ) / (0.
- the invention of this application enables observation of a weak magnetic field change in a high magnetic field region, and is widely used as a sensor of a measuring device or the like for observing a change in magnetization of a sample.
- a high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor that can be expected is provided.
- product development for general users equipped with the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application and development of circuit elements and the like using the high-sensitivity magnetic field sensor of the invention of this application have become active, and peripheral technologies have been developed. Is considered to be promoted.
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