Nonlinear Effects in Superconducting Quantum Interference Meta-Atoms
- KIT Scientific Publishing 2014
- 1 electronic resource (II, 148 p. p.)
Open Access
This thesis deals with the nonlinear aspects of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) as magnetic meta-atoms. Such meta-atoms are usually resonant structures that constitute the basic building blocks of a metamaterial with the purpose of giving the material unconventional magnetic properties. Due to their intrinsic nonlinearity, SQUIDs exhibit a number of phenomena such as frequency tunability and multi-stability that make them attractive as controllable meta-atoms.