HTS sensors for NQR spectroscopy

Charles Wilker; James D. McCambridge; Daniel B. Laubacher; Robby L. Alvarez; Jiunn Sheng Guo; Charles F. Carter; Michael A. Pusateri; Jeffrey Louis Schiano

HTS sensors for NQR spectroscopy

Charles Wilker, James D. McCambridge, Daniel B. Laubacher, Robby L. Alvarez, Jiunn Sheng Guo, Charles F. Carter, Michael A. Pusateri, Jeffrey Louis Schiano

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Abstract

Using a high temperature superconductor (HTS) sensor, we have detected a ¹⁴N nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) signal from a room temperature sodium nitrite (NaNO ₂) sample. This demonstrates the feasibility of using such sensors for the NQR detection of contraband, e.g. explosives. The sensor is composed of two high Q-value, self-resonant HTS devices strongly coupled to each other that detect the induced magnetization of the target compound. We briefly describe our techniques for making, adjusting the resonant frequency and spoiling the Q-value of the HTS sensors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	143-146
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Volume	1
State	Published - Sep 21 2004
Event	2004 IEEE MITT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest - Fort Worth, TX, United States Duration: Jun 6 2004 → Jun 11 2004

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Radiation
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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HTS sensors for NQR spectroscopy

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