3D Magnetic Imaging using SQUIDs and Spin-valve Sensors

dc.contributor.advisorWellstood, Frederick Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorJeffers, Alexen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T06:45:04Z
dc.date.available2017-01-24T06:45:04Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractWe have used 2 µm by 4 µm thin-film Cu-Mn-Ir spin-valve sensors and high Tc YBa2Cu3O7-x dc SQUIDs to take magnetic images of test samples with current paths that meander between 1 and 5 metallization layers separated by 1 µm to 10 µm vertically. I describe the development and performance of a 3D magnetic inverse for reconstructing current paths from a magnetic image. I present results from this inverse technique that demonstrate the reconstruction of the 3D current paths from magnetic images of samples. This technique not only maps active current paths in the sample but also extracts key parameters such as the layer-to-layer separations. When imaging with 2 µm by 4 µm spin-valve sensors I typically applied currents of 1 mA at 95 kHz and achieved system noise of about 200 nT for a 3 ms averaging time per pixel. This enabled a vertical resolution of 1 µm and a lateral resolution of 1 µm in the top layers and 3 µm in the bottom layer. For our roughly 30 µm square SQUID sensors, I typically applied currents of 1 mA at 5.3 kHz, and achieved system noise of about 200 pT for a 3 ms averaging time per pixel. The higher sensitivity compared to the spin-valve sensor allowed me to resolve more deeply buried current paths.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2CR92
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18995
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPhysicsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCondensed matter physicsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledElectromagneticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBiot-Savart Lawen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFailure analysisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGMRen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMagnetic Imagingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledspin-valveen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSQUIDen_US
dc.title3D Magnetic Imaging using SQUIDs and Spin-valve Sensorsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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