Application of Superconductors in Electronics, Communications and Computing
Venue: Seaport Hotel and Conference Center
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Event Date/Time: Nov 15, 2001 | End Date/Time: Nov 16, 2001 |
Description
This program will address what is needed for superconductivity to become a commercially viable electronic technology.
In addition, our speakers will present the distinctions between government-based and commercial application strategies and the proper timing to market for "Commercial-Of-The-Shelf" superconducting electronic products.
These and many other issues will be addressed by this international assembly of experts highlighting major achievements and challenges of superconducting electronics for:
Medical applications
• Impact of heart diagnostics by magnetocardiography on healthcare
• SQUID applications to whole - cortex magnetoencephalography
• SQUID magnetometers for applications in magnetically distributed environment
Advanced communication systems
• Prospects for digital superconductor microelectronics in wireless communications
• HTS front-ends systems in 3-G mobile communications
• Superconducting optoelectronics for ultra fast telecommunications
• Cryogenic front-ends for wireless base stations
Digital and analog electronic devices and computing
• Digital superconducting electronics: applications and challenges
• Advanced superconducting devices for high-performance computing
• RSFQ: the fastest digital technology
• Picosecond superconducting single-photon optical detectors
• Low-Tc three terminal devices
• Analog devices for military applications
The evolution of new materials discovery in advancing superconducting electronics
• Materials choices for superconducting electronics
• Superconductivity of MgB2 up to 42 K
• HTS films with controllable HF electromagnetic properties