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Physica C Superconductivity

Rapid single flux quantum technology for SQUID applications

Oleg A. Mukhanov, Saad M. Sarwana, Deepnarayan Gupta, Alex F. Kirichenko, Sergey V. Rylov

Published Mar 1, 2002• 7 citations
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10.1016/s0921-4534(01)01166-2

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