Magnetic field dependence of kinetic inductance in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconducting strip an.pdf

Magnetic field dependence of kinetic inductance in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconducting strip and its feasible applications S. Sarangi*, S. P. Chockalingam, S. V. Bhat Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India *Corresponding author: Subhasis Sarangi Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore – 560012, India Tel.: +91-80 Fax: +91-80 E-mail: subhasis@physics.iisc.ernet.in 1 Abstract: The kinetic inductance properties of a thin superconducting sample of BSCCO-2223 compound is studied. A strong dependence of kinetic inductance with the variation of applied magnetic field is found at low temperature in the superconducting state. The kinetic inductance of a thin superconductor increases linearly with increasing magnetic field. This behavior is used for designing a superconducting modulator circuit. This behavior can be useful for device applications and designing of superconducting electronic circuits like superconducting power amplifier, superconducting transmitter and superconducting ac current controller. Keywords: BSCCO; Kinetic inductance; Superconducting modulator; Superconductivity; 2 Introduction: Resistors, capacitors and inductors are known as the linear passive devices in the electronic circuits. Inductors are used in the electronic circuits to control ac current without energy loss unlikely resistors, which lead to I2R loss always. Power factor of a pure inductive circuit is always 0 [1]. The presence of finite resistance in the copper based inductors restricts them for some of the important electronic applications but in the other hand, inductors made off superconductors can be very useful for various electronic applications due to zero resistance and zero power factor. A straightforward technique of controlling the inductance of a superconducting strip by varying the applied magnetic field is demonstrated. A supe