6.763 | Fall 2005 | Graduate

Applied Superconductivity

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Main Textbook

Orlando, T. P., and K. A. Delin. Foundations of Applied Superconductivity. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 0201183234.

Other Textbooks

Tinkham, M. Introduction to Superconductivity. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Dover. ISBN: 0486435032.

T. Van Duzer, T. Van, and C. W. Turner. Principles of Superconductive Devices and Circuits. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 0132627426.

Annett, James F. Superconductivity, Superfluids and Condensates. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0198507569.

Buckel, W., and R. Kleiner. Superconductivity: Fundamentals and Applications. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 3527278931.

Fundamentals of Superconductivity

Rose-Innes, A. C., and F. H. Rhoderidick. Introduction to Superconductivity. New York, NY: Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1978. ISBN: 0080216528.

Kadin, Alan M. Introduction to Superconducting Circuits. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN: 0471314323.

Schmidt, V. V., P. Muller, and A. V. Ustinov. The Physics of Superconductors: Introduction to Fundamentals and Applications. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1997. ISBN: 3540612432.

Poole, Jr., C. P., H. A. Farach, and R. J. Creswick. Superconductivity. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1995. ISBN: 012561456X.

Cyrot, M. and D. Pavuna. Introduction to Superconductivity and High-Tc Materials. Singapore: World Scientific, 1992. ISBN: 9810201443.

Delin, K. A., and T. P. Orlando. “Superconductivity.’’ In The Engineering Handbook. Edited by R. C. Dorf. Philadelphia, PA: CRC Press, 1996, pp. 1274-1286. ISBN: 0849315867.

Ashcroft N. W., and N. D. Mermin. Solid State Physics. Washington, DC: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1987, chapter 34. ISBN: 0030493463.

Tilley, D. R., and J. Tilley. Superfluids and Superconductivity. 3rd ed. London, UK: Institute of Physics, 1990. ISBN: 0750300329.

Shoenberg, D. Superconductivity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1952. ISBN: 0521064465.

London, F. Superfluids. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Dover, 1961.

de Gennes, P. G. Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN: 0201510073.

Parks, R. D., ed. Superconductivity. 2 vols. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1969. ISBN: 0824705963.

Poole, C. P., Jr., T. Datta, and H. A. Farach. Copper Oxide Superconductors. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1988. ISBN: 0471623423.

Ketterson, J. B., and S. N. Song. Superconductivity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0521565626.

Burns, Gerald, ed. High-Temperature Superconductivity, An Introduction. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1992. ISBN: 0121460908.

Evetts, J., ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Magnetic and Superconducting Materials. New York, NY: Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1992. ISBN: 0080347223.

Applications of Superconductivity

Ruggiero, S. T., and D. A. Rudman, eds. Superconducting Devices. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1990. ISBN: 0126017158.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. (A quarterly publication beginning March 1991.)

Superconductor Science and Technology, IOP Publishing Ltd, (c1988-). (Published monthly)

Physica. C, Superconductivity. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1988. (Published monthly)

Applied Superconductivity Conferences (ASC)

  • ASC-2004 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 15, 2005
  • ASC-2002 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 13, 2003
  • ASC-2000 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 11, 2001
  • ASC-1998 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 9, 1999
  • ASC-1996 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 7, 1997
  • ASC-1994 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 5, 1995
  • ASC-1992 IEEE Trans. Appl. Super. 3, 1993
  • ASC-1990 IE superconductibity trilley E superconductibity trilley E Trans. Mag. 27, 1991
  • ASC-1988 IEEE Trans. Mag. 25, 1989
  • ASC-1986 IEEE Trans. Mag. 23, 1987
  • ASC-1984 IEEE Trans. Mag. 21, 1985
  • ASC-1982 IEEE Trans. Mag. 19, 1983
  • ASC-1980 IEEE Trans. Mag. 17, 1981
  • ASC-1978 IEEE Trans. Mag. 15, 1979
  • ASC-1976 IEEE Trans. Mag. 13, 1977

Foner S., and B. B. Schwartz, eds. Superconductor Materials Science. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, October 1, 1981. ISBN: 0306407507.

———. Superconductor Applications: Squids and Machines. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, March 1, 1977. ISBN: 0306357216.

———. Superconducting Machines and Devices. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, March 1, 1974. ISBN: 0306357011.

Solymar, L. Superconductive Tunnelling and Applications. New York, NY: Wiley, 1972. ISBN: 0471812706.

Josephson Computer Technology. Special issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development 24, no. 2 (1980): 105-264.

Proceedings of the IEEE 77, no. 8 (1989). Special Issue on Superconductivity.

Barone A., and G. Paterno. Physics and Applications of the Josephson Effect. New York, NY: Wiley, 1982. ISBN: 0471014699.

Likharev, Konstantin K. Dynamics of Josephson Junctions and Circuits. New York, NY: Gordon and Breach, 1991. ISBN: 2881240429.

Wilson, M. N. Superconducting Magnets. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1983. ISBN: 0198548109.

Montgomery, D. B. Solenoid Magnet Design; the Magnetic and Mechanical Aspects of Resistive and Superconducting Systems. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1969. ISBN: 0471614203.

Iwasa, Y. Case Studies in Superconducting Magnets: Design and Operational Issues. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN: 0306448815.

Hinken, J. H. Superconductor Electronics: Fundamentals and Microwave Applications. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag 1988. ISBN: 0387511148.

General Textbooks

Hazen, R. The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1988. ISBN: 0671658298.

Simon, R., and A. Smith. Superconductors: Conquering Technology’s New Frontier. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1988. ISBN: 0306429594.

General Review Articles

Canfield, Paul C., and Sergey L Bud’ko. ‘‘Low-Temperatuare Superconductivity is Warming Up.’’ Scientific American (April 2005): 81-87.

Malozemoff, Alexis P., Jochen Mannhart, and Douglas Scalapino. “High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors Get to Work.’’ Physics Today (April 2005): 41-47.

Ginsburg, Donald M., ed. Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors. Vols. 1-4. World Scientific, Singapore and Teaneck, NJ, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1994. ISBN: 9971506831, 9810201907, 981020874X, 9810216386.

“Oxide Superconductors.’’ Special issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development 33, no. 3 (1989): 199-393.

Hebard, A. F. “Superconductivity in Doped Fullerenes.’’ Physics Today (November 1992): 26.

Müller, K. A., and J. G. Bednorz. “The Discovery of a Class of High-Temperature Superconductors.’’ Science 237 (1987): 1133.

Foner, S., and T. P. Orlando. “Superconductors: The Long Road Ahead.’’ Technology Review 91 (1988): 36-47.

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