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News Forum Special Issue No. 6

Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2008)
October 30, 2008

Special CEC/ICMC Issue

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FOREWORD

PLENARY ASC PAPERS

 

2AP01 (CR8)

Next Generation More-Electric Aircraft: A Potential   Application for HTS Superconductors
Cesar A. Luongo, Senior Member, IEEE, Philippe J. Masson, Senior Member, IEEE, Taewoo Nam, Dimitri Mavris, Hyun D. Kim, Gerald V. Brown, Mark Waters, David Hall (Forum Category 6)

 
 
  4AP01 (CR9) Superconductors in Applications; Some Practical Aspects
J. W. Bray  (Forum Categories 2, 3, 5)
 
   
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  5AP01 (CR10)

Recent Main Events in Applied Superconductivity in China
Songtao Wu, Yu Wu, Yuntao Song, Weiyue Wu, Yanfang Bi, Weibin Xi, Liye Xiao, Qiuliang Wang, Yanwei Ma, Xianghong Liu, Pingxiang Zhang, Yin Xin, Bo Hou, Rui Liu, Hongjie Zhang, Zenghe Han, Jun Zheng, Jiasu Wang, Suyu Wang, Jing Shi, Juejin Tang, Ming Qiu, Bin Wei, Yunfei Tan
(Forum Categories 5, 6, 11)

 
   
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INVITED and CONTRIBUTES PAPERS – ELECTRONICS                 

(Forum Category 4)

DETECTORS and RELATED

 

  2EY04 (ST38)

Large Signal Amplitude and Bias Range of Cascade Switch Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
M. Ejrnaes,
A. Casaburi, O. Quaranta, S. Marchetti, A. Gaggero, F. Mattioli, R. Leoni, S. Pagano, R. Cristiano

 
   
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  3EA07 (ST39)

Noise Measurements in Hot-Electron Titanium Nanobolometers
Boris S. Karasik, Sergey V. Pereverzev, David Olaya, Jian Wei, Michael E. Gershenson, and Andrei V. Sergeev

 
   
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  3EC04 (ST40)

Quantum Efficiency and Polarization Effects in
NbN Superconducting Single Photon Detectors
Laurent Maingault, Paul Cavalier, Roch Espiau de Lamaëstre, Laurent Frey, and Jean-Claude Villégier

 
   
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  3EPD04 (ST41)

Superconductive Three-terminal Amplifier/Discriminator
Orlando Quaranta, Stefania Marchetti, Nadia Martucciello, Sergio Pagano, Mikkel Ejrnaes, Roberto Cristiano, Ciro Nappi

 
   
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  5EB03 (ST42)

Analysis of NbN Hot Electron Bolometer Receiver Noise Temperatures above 2 THz with a Quantum Noise Model
P. Khosropanah, W. Zhang, E.L. Kollberg, K.S. Yngvesson, J.R. Gao, T. Bansal, and M. Hajenius

 
   
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MICROWAVE- and TERAHERTZ ELECTRONICS

 

  1EC02 (ST43)

HTS Josephson Junction Cantilever Microscopy of Microwave Devices
F. Stewing, Ch. Brendel, M. Schilling

 
   
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  1EC04 (ST44)

THz Generation Using Fluxon Dynamics in High Temperature Superconductors
N. F. Pedersen and S. Madsen

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  4EZ05 (ST45)

Shock Wave Generation and Cut off Condition in
Nonlinear Series Connected Discrete Josephson
Transmission Line
Hamid Reza Mohebbi and A. Hamed Majedi,
Member, IEEE

 
   
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QUBITS

  4EPC07 (ST46)

Modeling Three- and Four- Coupled Phase Qubits
Z. E. Thrailkill, S. T. Kennerly, R. C. Ramos

 
   
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SFQ DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

 

  2EPB05 (ST47)

A Novel Power Line to Reduce the Magnetic Field of Supply Currents in Josephson Digital Circuits
Yuki Yamanashi, Theodore Van Duzer Life Fellow IEEE, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa Member IEEE

 
   
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  2EZ03 (ST48)

Design, Implementation and On-Chip High-Speed Test of SFQ Half-Precision Floating-Point Multiplier
H. Hara, K. Obata, H. Park,Y. Yamanashi,K. Taketomi,

N. Yoshikawa, M. Tanaka, A. Fujimaki, N. Takagi,
K. Takagi, S. Nagasawa

 
   
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  4EB01 (ST49)

Design, Implementation, and On-Chip High-Speed Test of an SFQ Half-Precision Floating-Point Adder
Heejoung Park, Yuki Yamanashi, Kazuhiro Taketomi, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa, Masamitsu Tanaka, Koji Obata, Yuki Ito, Akira Fujimaki, Naofumi Takagi, Kazuyoshi Takagi, Shuichi Nagasawa

 
   
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SQUIDs, SQUIFs and RELATED

 

  2EPE02 (ST50)

Miniature Thin-Film SQUID Susceptometer for Magnetic Microcalorimetry and Thermometry
S. T. P. Boyd, Vincent Kotsubo, Robin Cantor, Alexander Theodorou, and J. Ad Hall

 
   
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  2EPM03 (ST51)

High-linearity SQIF-like Josephson Junction Structures
V. K. Kornev, I. I. Soloviev, N. V. Klenov, O. A. Mukhanov,
Senior Member, IEEE

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  3EPF01 (ST52)

Optimization of a Low-Tc dc SQUID Amplifier with Tightly Coupled Input Coils
J. Pleikies, O. Usenko, G. Frossati, J. Flokstra

 
   
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  3EPG06 (ST53)

Higher Order HTSC Gradiometer for Measurements in Unshielded Environment
P. Seidel, C. Becker, A. Steppke, U. Schinkel, K. Hoefer, V. Grosse, S. Engmann, F. Schmidl, L. Redlich

 
   
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  4EPJ03 (ST54)

Performance Advantages and Design Issues of SQUIFs for Microwave Application
Victor K. Kornev, Igor I. Soloviev, Nikolai V. Klenov, Timur V. Filippov, Henrik Engseth, and Oleg A. Mukhanov,
Senior Member, IEEE

 
   
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  4EPJ05 (ST55)

Simulation and Measurement of HTS Josephson Heterodyne Oscillator
J.C. Macfarlane, J. Du,  R. Taylor and C.M Pegrum

 
   
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  4EY03 (ST56)

Self-induced Structure in the Current-Voltage
Characteristics of RSQUIDs
Colin M Pegrum and John C Macfarlane

 
   
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INVITED and CONTRIBUTES PAPERS – LARGE SCALE APPLICATIONS     

 (Forum Category 6)

ACCELERATOR CAVITIES and MAGNETS

 

  2LPA03 (ST57)

Fabrication and Test of a 3.7 m Long Support Structure for the LARP Nb3Sn Quadrupole Magnet LQS01
P. Ferracin, G. Ambrosio, M. Anerella, B. Bingham, R. Bossert, S. Caspi, D. W. Cheng, H. Felice, A. R. Hafalia, C. R. Hannaford, F. Nobrega, S. Prestemon, G. L. Sabbi, J. Schmalzle, F. Trillaud, P. Wanderer, A.V.Zlobin

 
   
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  2LX05 (ST58)

Tunneling Study of SRF Cavity-grade Niobium
T. Proslier, J. Zasadzinski, L. Cooley, M. Pellin, J. Norem, J. Elam, Cl. Antoine, R. Rimmers, P. Kneisel

 
   
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  4LPA03 (ST59)

Power Switches Utilizing Superconducting Material for Accelerator Magnets
S. A. March, A. Ballarino, Y. Yang

 
   
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  5LX07  (ST60)

Design of HQ – a High Field Large Bore Nb3Sn Quadrupole Magnet for LARP
H. Felice, G. Ambrosio, M. Anerella, R. Bossert, S. Caspi, D. Cheng, D. Dietderich, P. Ferracin, A. K. Ghosh, R. Hafalia, C. R. Hannaford, V. Kashikhin, J. Schmalze, S. Prestemon, G.L. Sabbi, P.Wanderer, A.V. Zlobin

 
   
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  5LX08 (ST61)

Assembly and Test of HD2, a 36 mm Bore High Field Nb3Sn Dipole Magnet
P. Ferracin, B. Bingham, S. Caspi, D. W. Cheng, D. R. Dietderich, H. Felice, A. Godeke, A. R. Hafalia, C. R. Hannaford, J. Joseph, A. F. Lietzke, J. Lizarazo, G. Sabbi, F. Trillaud, and X. Wang

 
   
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COILS and WINDINGS

 

  1LY01 (ST62)

Transposed Cable Coil & Saddle Coils of HTS for Rotating Machines: Test Results at 30 K
M. P. Oomen, M. Leghissa, N.Proells, H.-W. Neumueller

 
   
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  2LPL04 (ST63)

Industrialization of Radiation-Resistant Cyanate Ester Magnet Insulation
Matthew W. Hooker, Steven A. Arzberger, Samuel D. Grandlienard, Michael W. Stewart, Naseem A. Munshi, Garry M. Voss, Robert D. Benson, and Madhu S. Madhukar

 
   
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  2LPQ02 (ST64)

Relation between Transverse and Longitudinal Normal Zone Propagation Velocities in Impregnated MgB2 Windings
Antti Stenvall, Risto Mikkonen, and Pavol Kováč

 
   
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  3LY01 (ST65)

Recent Developments in 2G HTS Coil Technology
D. W. Hazelton, V. Selvamanickam, J. M. Duval, D.C. Larbalestier, W. D. Markiewicz, H. W. Weijers, R. L. Holtz

 
   
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  3LY07 (ST66)

Use of Second Generation HTS Wire in Filter Inductor Coils
C.L.H. Thieme, J.P. Voccio, K.J. Gagnon, and J.H. Claassen

 
   
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  5LA06 (ST67)

Stability of Second Generation HTS Pancake Coils at 4.2K for High Heat Flux Applications
L. H. Thieme, K.J. Gagnon, J.Y. Coulter, H. Song, and J. Schwartz,
Fellow, IEEE

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FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS

 

  1LPG05 (ST68)

Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of a YBCO Coated Conductor Fault Current Limiting Module
Christian Schacherer, James Langston,
Member, IEEE, Michael Steurer, Senior Member, IEEE, and Mathias Noe

 
   
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  2LPQ05 (ST69) 

HTS Tapes Cooled by Liquid Nitrogen at Overloading Conditions
Sergey S. Fetisov, Vitaly S. Vysotsky, Member IEEE, and Victor E. Sytnikov

 
   
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  3LPG02 (ST70)

Current Limiting Characteristics of Parallel-Connected Coated Conductors for High-Tc Superconducting Fault Current Limiting Transformer (HTC-SFCLT)
K.Omura, H. Kojima, N. Hayakawa, F Endo, M. Noe, H. Okubo

 
   
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  4LPF01 (ST71)

Feasibility Study of a Superconducting Current Limiter Application in a Cogeneration Plant
A. Henning,  A. Wehner, M. Kurrat

 
   
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  4LY07 (ST72)

Testing and Demonstration Results for the Transmission-Level (138kV)
2G Superconducting Fault Current Limiter at SuperPower
(Published under the title: Recovery Under Load Performance of 2nd Generation
HTS Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Electric Power Transmission Lines)
Juan-Carlos H. Llambes, Charles S. Weber, Drew W. Hazelton

 
   
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NOVEL DEVICES and TECHNIQUES

 

  2LPB01 (ST73)

Superconductors: The Next Generation of Permanent Magnets
T. A. Coombs, Z. Hong, Y. Yan, C. D. Rawlings

 
   
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  2LPB06 (ST74)

Transformation of the dc and ac Magnetic Field with Novel Application of the YBCO HTS Ring
J. Kosa, J. Vajda, Member IEEE

 
   
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  2LPV06 (ST75)

Proposal of a Fully Superconducting Motor for
Liquid Hydrogen Pump With MgB2 Wire
Kazuhiro Kajikawa and Taketsune Nakamura

 
   
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POWER CABLES

 

  1LPF01 (ST76)

The ac Loss Analysis in the 5m HTS Power Cables
Victor E. Sytnikov, Kirill A. Shutov, Nelly V. Polyakova, Sergei S. Fetisov, Alexander A. Nosov, and Vitaly S. Vysotsky, Member IEEE

 
   
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INVITED and CONTRIBUTES PAPERS – MATERIALS and CONDUCTORS

(Forum Categories 2, 5)

High-Tc  CONDUCTORS for APPLICATIONS

 

  3MA01 (ST77)

High Performance 2G Wires : From R&D to Pilot-scale Manufacturing
V. Selvamanickam, Y. Chen, X. Xiong, Y.Y. Xie, M. Martchevski, A. Rar, Y. Qiao R.M. Schmidt, A. Knoll, K.P. Lenseth, and C.S. Weber

 
   
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  3MA02 (ST78)

The Development of Second Generation HTS Wire at American Superconductor
X. Li, M.W. Rupich, C.L.H. Thieme, M. Teplitsky, S. Sathyamurthy, E. Thompson, E. Siegal, D. Buczek, J. Schreiber, K. DeMoranville, D. Hannus, J. Lynch, J. Inch, D. Tucker, R. Savoy, and S. Fleshler

 
   
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  3MPA07 (ST79)

Study of HTS Wires at High Magnetic Fields
D. Turrioni, E. Barzi, M. J. Lamm, R. Yamada, A. V. Zlobin, A. Kikuchi

 
   
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  3MY03 (ST80)

Magnetic AC Loss Characteristics of 2G Roebel Cable
L. S. Lakshmi, K. P. Thakur, M. P. Staines, R. A. Badcock,  N. J. Long

 
   
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  4MPG06 (ST81)

Quench Development at Supercritical Currents in Low n-Value Superconductors
Joonas Järvelä, Antti Stenvall and Risto Mikkonen

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  5MY02 (ST82)

Improvement of Superconducting Properties in ROEBEL Assembled Coated Conductors (RACC)
W. Goldacker, A. Frank, A. Kudymov, R. Heller, A. Kling, S. Terzieva, C. Schmidt

 
   
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High-Tc FILMS

 

  1MPG08 (ST83)

Comparative Study Between Similarly Processed YBa2Cu3O7-x Films with YBa2Cu3O7-x Films with Y2BaCuO5 or BaSnO3 Additions
B.V. Varanasi, J. Burke, L.Brunke, J.H. Lee, H. Wang, P.N. Barnes

 
   
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  5MA02 (ST84)

YBCO Superconductors on Electrodeposited Biaxially Textured Buffer Layers
Raghu Bhattacharya, Sovannary Phok, Wenjun Zhao, and Andrew Norman

 
   
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  5MA03 (ST85)

Growth Conditions of Sequentially Electrodeposited Buffer Layers for YBCO Superconductor
Sovannary Phok, Wenjun Zhao, and Raghu Bhattacharya

 
   
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  5MX07 (ST86)

The YBCO Films with Zr4+ Doping Grown by MOD Method
M. Liu, H. L. Suo, S. Ye, D. Q. Shi, Y. Zhao, L. Ma and M. L. Zhou

 
   
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  1MX05 (ST87)

Enhanced vortex pinning in nanostructured YBCO/BZO coated conductors from chemical solution deposition
Alberto Pomar, Valentina Roxana Vlad, Anna Llordés, Anna Palau, Joffre Gutiérrez, Susagna Ricart, Teresa Puig, Xavier Obradors, Alexander Usoskin

 
   
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LOW-Tc CONDUCTORS for APPLICATIONS

 

  1MPF05 (ST88)

Heat Treatment Optimization Studies on PIT Nb3Sn Strand for the NED Project
T. Boutboul, L. Oberli, A. den Ouden, D. Pedrini, B. Seeber and G. Volpini

 
   
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  2MPF02 (ST89)

Nb3Sn Superconductors Made by an Economical Tubular Process
E. Gregory, M. Tomsic, X. Peng, M. D. Sumption and A. Ghosh

 
   
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  5LY04 (ST90)

Summary of ITER TF Nb3Sn strand testing under
axial strain, spatial periodic bending and contact stress
A. Nijhuis, Y. Ilyin, W. Abbas, W.A.J. Wessel, H.J.G. Krooshoop, L. Feng, Y. Miyoshi

 
   
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MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE

 

  2MPC03 (ST91)

High Energy Ball-milling and Synthesis Temperature Study to Improve Superconducting properties of MgB2 ex-situ tapes and wires
Gennaro Romano, Maurizio Vignolo, Valeria Braccini, Andrea Malagoli, Cristina Bernini, Matteo Tropeano, Carlo Fanciulli, Marina Putti and Carlo Ferdeghini

 
   
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