SNF Issue No. 31, January 2015

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Editorial Forward

Editorial Forward Issue No. 31

SNF Editorial Team
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Science and Technology Highlights

Conventional Superconductivity at 190 K at High Pressures

A.P. Drozdov, M. I. Eremets, and I. A. Troyan
STH26
HP90
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Investigation of all niobium Nano-SQUIDs based on sub-micrometer cross-type Josephson junctions

M. Schmelz, Y. Matsui, R. Stolz, V. Zakosarenko, T. Schönau, S. Anders, S. Linzen, H. Itozaki, and H.-G. Meyer
STH25
HP89
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A Novel Approach to Characterizing Superconducting Joints

Brittles, G. D., Grovenor, C. R. M., and Speller, S.
STH24
HP88
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Fabrication and Characterisation of Series YBCO Step-edge Josephson Junction Arrays





J. Du, J.Y. Lazar, S. K. H. Lam, E. E. Mitchell, and C. P. Foley
STH23
HP86
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An HTS MMIC Josephson Mixer with a Near-zero Conversion Loss

J. Du, D. D. Bai, T. Zhang, Y. Jay Guo, Y. S. He, and C. M. Pegrum
STH22
HP85
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ISS 2014
Selected Plenary and Invited Presentation - Electronics

Recent Progress of HTS SQUID Applications in Japan

Keiichi Tanabe
CRP49
PL-6-INV
Annotated Presentation Abstract
Selected Plenary and Invited Presentations - Large Scale Applications

High-Field Applications of HTS Tape

Yukikazu Iwasa
CRP48
SPL-1-INV
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Large Scale Applications of HTS in New Zealand

Dr. Stuart Wimbush
STP433
SA-22-INV
Annotated Presentation Abstract

Quench Protection of DI-BSCCO Coil

T. Yamaguchi, E. Ueno, T. Kato, and K. Hayashi
STP432
SA-17
Annotated Presentation Abstract
Selected Plenary and Invited Presentations - Materials and Conductors

Materials Trends in Different Classes of Superconductors from Heavy Fermion Compounds to Iron Pnictides and Beyond

M. Brian Maple
CRP47
PL-1-INV
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Recent Progress in Melt Processed (RE)BCO HTS

David A. Cardwell, Yun-Hua Shi, Nadendla Hari Babu, Anthony R.Dennis, John H. Durrell, and Mark D. Ainslie
STP431
PC-16-INV
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DI-BSCCO: The Practical HTS Wire

Tomohiro Kagiyama, Shin-ichi Kobayashi, Kouhei Yamazaki, Masashi Kikuchi, Takayoshi Nakashima, Soichiro Takeda, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, and Hitoshi Kitaguchi
STP430
WT-4-INV
Presentation Abstract

The Latest Trends of MOD REBCO Superconducting Coated Conductors in SWCC

T. Koizumi, K. Kimura, R. Hironaga, T. Nakamura, Y. Takahashi, K. Takahashi, Y. Hikichi, M. Minowa, and T. Hasegawa
STP429
WT-9-INV
Presentation Abstract

Jc Anisotropy Analysis in YBCO Coated Conductors: Hybrid APC Effect and Modelling Using 3D Time Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Equations

Kaname Matsumoto and Tomoya Horide
STP428
WT-19-INV
Annotated Presentation Abstract
ASC 2014
Additional Invited Presentation

New 30 m Flexible Hybrid Energy Transfer Line with Liquid Hydrogen and Superconducting MgB2 Cable – Development and Test Results

Vitaly S. Vysotsky, Senior Member, IEEE, Evegny V. Blagov, Valery V. Kostyuk, Alexander A. Nosov, Sergey S. Fetisov, Sergey Yu.Zanegin, Ilya V. Antyukhov, Valery P. Firsov, Grigory G. Svalov, Boris I. Katorgin, and Vladimir S. Rachuk
STP427
4LOr3B-02
Presentation Abstract
Winners and Runners-up of the SNF Best Contributed Preprint Contest - Electronics

Fabrication Process and Properties of Fully-Planarized Deep-Submicron Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb Josephson Junctions for VLSI Circuits (Contest winner)

Sergey K. Tolpygo, Vladimir Bolkhovsky, Terence J. Weir, William D. Oliver, Member, IEEE, and Mark A. Gouker, Senior Member, IEEE
ST426
2EPo1A-02
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Planarized, Extendible, Multilayer Fabrication Process for Superconducting Electronics (Contest runner-up)

Daniel T. Yohannes, Rick T. Hunt, John A. Vivalda, Denis Amparo, Alexander Cohen, Igor V. Vernik, Senior Member, IEEE, and Alex F. Kirichenko
ST425
1EOr2A-02
Presentation Abstract

A Microwave-Operated Hot-Electron-Bolometric Power Detector for Terahertz Radiation (Contest winner)

Cheuk-yu Edward Tong, Member, IEEE, Andrey Trifonov, Alexander Shurakov, Raymond Blundell, and Gregory Gol’tsman
ST424
2EPo1E-06
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Mo/Au Bilayer TES Resistive Transition Engineering (Contest runner-up)

G. Wang, C. L. Chang, V. Yefremenko, V. Novosad, J. Pearson, R. Divan, and J. E. Carlstrom
ST423
4EOr3C-03
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Operation of Mixer Comprising a Series-connected Distributed Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor Junction Array (Contest winner)

Wentao Wu, Jie Liu, Wenlei Shan, Member, IEEE, and Cheuk-yu Edward Tong, Member, IEEE
ST422
4EPo2E-05
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Dipole Sensitive, Homogeneous-field Compensated High-Tc dc SQUID (Contest runner-up)

A. Guillaume, F. Ludwig, D. Kajevic, J. M. Scholtyssek, and M. Schilling
ST421
2EPo1D-07
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Tests of a SQUID-based 3He Co-magnetometer Readout for a Neutron EDM Experiment (Contest runner-up)

Young Jin Kim and Steven M. Clayton
ST420
3EPo1C-01
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Multi-input Synchronous Analog-to-Digital Converter (Contest winner)

Deepnarayan Gupta, Senior Member, IEEE, Timur V. Filippov, Andrei Talalaevskii, Vladimir V. Dotsenko, Alf E. Lehmann, Saad Sarwana, Son Dinh, Osama Nayfeh, and Anna Leese de Escobar
ST419
4EPo1A-03
Presentation Abstract

Design and Evaluation of Flash ADC (Contest runner-up)

Amol Inamdar, Senior Member, IEEE, Anubhav Sahu, Jie Ren, Sormeh Setoodeh, Raafat Mansour, Fellow, IEEE, and Deepnarayan Gupta, Senior Member, IEEE
ST418
4EPo1A-02
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article
Winners and Runners-up of the SNF Best Contributed Preprint Contest - Large Scale Applications

Bi-2212 Canted-Cosine-Theta Coils for High-Field Accelerator Magnets (Contest winner)

A. Godeke, L. N. Brouwer, S. Caspi, D. R. Dietderich, S. A. Gourlay, R. R. Hafalia, N. I. Heys, H. C. Higley, T. M. Lipton, M. A. Reynolds, and J. H. Swanson
ST417
1LOr3C-06
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Enhancement in Quality Factor of SRF Niobium Cavities by Material Diffusion (Contest runner-up)

Pashupati Dhakal, Gianluigi Ciovati, Peter Kneisel, and Ganapati Rao Myneni,
ST416
1LOr1B-05
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Qualification and Demonstration of a 80 kV 500 MW HTS DC Cable for Applying into Real Grid (Contest runner-up)

Byeongmo Yang, Jiwon Kang, Seungryul Lee, Changlyul Choi, and Younghyun Moon
ST415
1LOr2C-05
Presentation Abstract

Comparison of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters against Traditionally Employed Practices in the Management of Fault Levels in the South African National Grid (Contest runner-up)

Mohamed F. Khan, A. L. Leigh Jarvis, Edward A. Young, and Robert G. Stephen
ST414
1LOr3B-06
Presentation Abstract

3-D Numerical Simulations of Twisted Stacked Tape Cables (Contest runner-up)

Philipp A. C. Krüger, Victor M. R. Zermeño, Makoto Takayasu, and Francesco Grilli
ST413
2LOr3C-05
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Pulsed Field Magnetization of Superconducting Tape Stacks for Motor Applications (Contest runner-up)

Anup Patel, Algirdas Baskys, Simon C Hopkins, Vladislav Kalitka, Alexander Molodyk, and Bartek A Glowacki
ST412
4LOr2B-07
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article
Winners and Runners-up of the SNF Best Contributed Preprint Contest - Materials and Conductors

Measurement and Analysis of Critical Current of 100 -kA Class Simply-Stacked HTS Conductors (Contest winner)

Y. Terazaki, N. Yanagi, S. Ito, Y. Seino, S. Hamaguchi, H. Tamura, T. Mito, H. Hashizume, and A. Sagara
ST411
3LPo2I-06
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Optimizing Flux Pinning of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) Thin Films with Unique Large Nanoparticle Size and High Concentration of Y2BaCuO5 (Y211) Additions (Contest runner-up

Mary Ann P. Sebastian, Joshua N. Reichart, Margaret M. Ratcliff, Jack L. Burke, Timothy J. Haugan, Chen-Fong Tsai, and Haiyan Wang
ST410
1MOr-3C-05
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Improvement of the Magnetization of a Superconducting Bulk using an Iron Core (Contest runner-up)

B. Gony, K. Berger, B. Douine, M. R. Koblischka, and J. Lévêque
ST409
3LPo2H-04
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Effects of Processing Conditions on the Properties of Fe(Se,Te) Thin Films Grown by Sputtering (Contest runner-up)

Tayebeh Mousavi, Chris Grovenor, and Susannah Speller
ST408
2MOr3A-02
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article

Investigation on the Dielectric Material Parameters and the Electric Conductivity of Syntactic Foam at the Liquid Nitrogen Temperature Range (Contest runner-up)

Daniel Winkel, Ralf Puffer, and Armin Schnettler
ST407
2MPo1A-04
Presentation Abstract IEEE Xplore Full Article