Orthogonal SQUID arrays on a baseline with rotation

A system for detecting a radio frequency signal, said system comprising:

• a first dielectric platform having a first planar surface, a second planar surface that is disposed at an angle relative to said first planar surface and third planar surface that is disposed at a second angle relative to said first planar surface and is dispose at a third angle relative to said second planar surface;
• a first array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said first planar surface, said first array being operable to output a first detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a second array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said second planar surface, said second array being operable to output a second detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a third array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said first planar surface, said third array being operable to output a third detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a fourth array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said third planar surface, said fourth array being operable to output a fourth detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a second dielectric platform separated from said first dielectric platform by a distance and having a fourth planar surface, a fifth planar surface that is disposed at a fourth angle relative to said fourth planar surface and sixth planar surface that is disposed at a fifth angle relative to said fourth planar surface and is dispose at a sixth angle relative to said fifth planar surface;
• a fifth array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said fourth planar surface, said fifth array being operable to output a fifth detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a sixth array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said fifth planar surface, said sixth array being operable to output a sixth detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• a seventh array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said fourth planar surface, said seventh array being operable to output a seventh detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• an eighth array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on said sixth planar surface, said eighth array being operable to output an eighth detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
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• a processing component operable to detect a vector from which the radio frequency signal is transmitting based on the first detection signal, the second detection signal, the third detection signal, the fourth detection signal, the fifth detection signal, the sixth detection signal, the seventh detection signal and the eighth detection signal.

A method for detecting a radio frequency signal, said method comprising:

• generating, via a first array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on a first planar surface of a dielectric platform having the first planar surface and a second planar surface that is disposed at an angle relative to the first planar surface, a first detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
• generating, via a second array of superconducting quantum interference devices disposed on the second planar surface, a second detection signal based on the radio frequency signal;
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• determining, via a processing component, a first plane from which the radio frequency signal is transmitting based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal.