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Superconducting quantum devices. Summary and conclusions

James Desmond Ms ' Clark

Published Aug 1, 1985• 0 citations
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Abstract

Looking back over this, the third IC SQUID conference, and trying to compare the state of our field now with the way it was at the time of the second conference in 1980, the author realized that while there has been tremendous progress in some areas, in others there have been considerable disappointments and setbacks. In attempting to assess the many things that we have heard in the last four days, some idea of the status of the various subdivisions of the field was given.

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Looking back over this, the third IC SQUID conference, and trying to compare the state of our field now with the way it was at the time of the second conference in 1980, the author realized that while there has been tremendous progress in some areas, in others there have been considerable disappointments and setbacks. In attempting to assess the many things that we have heard in the last four days, some idea of the status of the various subdivisions of the field was given.
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