Nonlinear Effects in Superconducting Quantum Interference Meta-Atoms

Download or read book Nonlinear Effects in Superconducting Quantum Interference Meta-Atoms written by Jung, Philipp and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis deals with the nonlinear aspects of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) as magnetic meta-atoms. Such meta-atoms are usually resonant structures that constitute the basic building blocks of a metamaterial with the purpose of giving the material unconventional magnetic properties. Due to their intrinsic nonlinearity, SQUIDs exhibit a number of phenomena such as frequency tunability and multi-stability that make them attractive as controllable meta-atoms.