SQUID
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thumb|Sensing element of a SQUID, 2008
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History and design
- DC SQUID
- RF SQUID
- Materials used
- Uses
- SQUID magnetometer
- Transition-edge sensors
- Cold dark matter
- Proposed uses
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Sensing element of a SQUID, 2008
A SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) is a very sensitive magnetometer used to measure extremely weak magnetic fields, based on superconducting loops containing Josephson junctions.
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