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Readings

This section provides the required and recommended references for the course.

Text

Orlando, T. P., and K. A. Delin. Foundations of Applied Superconductivity. Burlington, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. ISBN: 0201183234.

Other Texts

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

Duzer, T. Van, and C. W. Turner. Principles of Superconductive Devices and Circuits. 2nd ed. Elsevier North Holland, 1999. ISBN: 0132627426.

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

Tinkham, M. Introduction to Superconductivity. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1995. ISBN: 0070648786.

Fundamentals

Poole, C. P., Jr., 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.

Leggett, A. and D. M. Ginzburg. "Superconductivity." In Encyclopedia Brittanica.

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, 1976, chapter 34. ISBN: 0030839939.

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

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

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

London, F. Superfluids. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Dover, 1961. ASIN: B0007DOBYQ.

de Gennes, P. G. Superconductivity in Metals and Alloys. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN: 0738201014.

Parks, R. D., ed. Superconductivity. 2 vols. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1969. ISBN: 0824715209.

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

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

Kresin, V. Z., and S. A. Wolf. Fundamentals of Superconductivity. Plenum, 1990. ISBN: 0306434741.

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

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

Evetts, J., ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Magnetic and Superconducting Materials. Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 1992. ISBN: 0080347223.

General

Hazen, R. The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor. Summit Books, 1989. ISBN: 0345361458.

Simon, R., and A. Smith. Superconductors: Conquering Technology's New Frontier. Plenum, 1988. ISBN: 0306429594.

Applications

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

Superconductor science and technology. IOP Publishing Ltd., c1988. Publilshed monthly.

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

Buckel, W., Weinheim. Superconductivity: Fundamentals and applications. Federal Republic of Germany; New York, NY: VCH, c1991. ISBN: 3527278931.

Foner, S., and B. B. Schwartz, ed. Superconductor Materials Science. Plenum, 1981. ISBN: 0306407507.

———. Superconductor Applications: Squids and Machines. Plenum, 1977. ISBN: 0306357216.

———. Superconducting Machines and Devices. Plenum, 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.

Applied Superconductivity Conferences (ASC)

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 IEEE 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

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.

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

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. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1969. ISBN: 0471614203.

Iwasa, Y. Case studies in superconducting magnets: design and operational issues. New York: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN: 0306448815.

White, Guy K. Experimental Techniques in Low Temperature Physics. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1979. ISBN: 0198513593.

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

Weinstock, H. Applications of Superconductivity. Kluwer, 2000. ISBN: 079236113X.

Seeber, B. Handbook of Applied Superconductivity. IOP, 1998. ISBN: 0750303778.

General Review Articles

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

Matisoo, J. "The Superconducting Computer." Scientific American, May 1980, 50.

Anacker, W. "Computing at 4 degrees Kelvin." IEEE Spectrum, May 1979, 26.

McDonald, D. "Superconducting Electronics." Physics Today, October 1984, 60.

Geballe, T. H., and J. K. Hulm. "Superconductors in Electric - Power Technology." Scientific American 243, 1980, 138.

Physics Today, March 1986. Special Issue on Superconductivity.

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

Malozemoff, A. P., W. J. Gallagher, and R. E. Schwall. "Applications of High - Temperature Superconductivity." In Chemistry of High Temperature Superconductor (ACS Symposium Series 351). Edited by D. L. Nelson, M. S. Wittingham, and T. F. George. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, chapter 27, pp. 280 - 306. ISBN: 084121431X.

Foner, S., and T. P. Orlando. "Superconductors: The Long Road Ahead." Technology Review 91 (1988): 36-47.

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

Ehrenreich, Henry, and David Turnbull, eds. Solid State Physics 42 (1989). Burlington, MA: Academic Press.
This contains three review articles: "Physical Properties of the New Superconductors," by M. Tinkham and C. J. Lobb; "The Structure of YBa2Cu30 and its Derivatives," by R. Beyers and T. M. Shaw; and "Electroincs Structure of Copper - Oxide Superconductors." by K. C. Hass.

Physics Today, June 1991, volume 44, Special Issue on High-Temperature Superconductors.

MRS Bulletin, August 1992, special Issue on Applications of High-Temperature Superconductors.

Hebard, A. F. "Superconductivity in Doped Fullerenes." Physics Today, November 1992, 26.

Lubkin, Gloria B. "Power Applications of High - Temperature Superconductors." Physics Today, March 1996, 45 - 51.

Chu, Paul C. W. "High - Temperature Superconductors." Scientific American, September 1995, 162 - 165.

Webster, John G. "Tunneling and Josephson Junctions." Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Supplement 1, 2000. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 2000. ISBN: 0471358959.

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