Improved Characteristics of Integrated HTS rf SQUID on Bicrystal SrTiO3 Substrate Resonator Covered with HTS Thin Films in Flip-Chip Geometry

Integrated high-temperature superconductor (HTS) radio-frequency (rf) superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on a bicrystal SrTiO3 substrate was investigated for application to magnetic contaminant detection. By covering a wide superconducting weak link and/or a slit of the YBa2Cu3O7-x SQUID with HTS thin films in flip-chip geometry, characteristics such as effective area and 1/f noise profile of the SQUID were successfully improved. By installing the covered SQUID in a magnetic contaminant detection system, it was demonstrated that the system can detect a tungsten ball of 15μm in diameter with a signal to noise ratio of about 2.