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An oddball question for the device physicists here:

Assume for now (subject to verification, of course!) that this material is a non-Cooper-pair superconductor.

Could one still build Josephson junctions -- and SQUIDs -- from this material?

If the answer is "yes", it's going to make a whole lot of magnetotelluric geophysicists very, VERY happy.




Can you explain what uses room temp squids and JJ’s would have for magnetotelluric geophysics?


Better cheaper faster ultrahigh magnetic sensing of magnetic flux and field across a broad dynamic range.

Typical setups are networked fields of multiple axis sub nanotesla magnetic sensors with processing to reduce noise and subtract interference in order to extract a differential change across time and space to convert to a deep earth image.

You know, the usual stuff.

The essential principal is a fixed sensor (network) that records the diurnal (daily) magnetic flux and specifically locals for local 'drag' caused by local features (deep metal deposits, more generally volumes with varying magnetic properties).


Not to mention no more HUGE and HEAVY field coils to lug around and bury...


You carry stuff ?!!?

Get a plane: https://www.magspec.com.au/about-magspec

STOL crop dusters are fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_MO5Wfomks


Planes are great for high frequency signals, granted.

Deep stuff requires much longer frequencies.


True - I've done both over the years, in the field and coding geophysical aquisition aquisition, processing, visualisation, and interpretation.

Still hard to pass up a chance to pile on the downsides of the slog work :)




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