DCSQUID-based RF magnetometer that operates over 200MHz bandwidth

摘要

An RF DC SQUID based magnetometer capable of sensing coherent magnetic fields up to 200 MHz and higher is developed which overcomes frequency limitations associated with noise signals due to transmission line delays between the SQUID circuit and readout electronics. The bandwidth limitations are overcome by superimposing the RF flux on the modulation flux to produce at the SQUID output a binary phase modulated RF voltage, which is processed to lock the static flux, and to control modulation regime by producing an AC bias for the RF flux. RF readout electronics based on a double lock-in technique (sequential demodulation of the RF SQUID voltage at the modulation flux frequency ωm and the RF flux frequency ωRF), yields a signal proportional to the product of amplitude and phase cosine of RF flux with linear dynamic range up to five orders in magnitude if compared to DC SQUID operated in traditional flux-locked loop regime.