Superconductor device to produce electrical impulses
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorKirk E. Hackett
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Abstract
An apparatus for producing an electrical impulse comprising a tube made of superconducting material; a source of magnetic flux is mounted about one end of the tube; a means for intercepting the flux is mounted along the tube; and a means for changing the temperature of the superconductor is mounted about the tube. As the tube is progressively made superconducting, the magnetic field is trapped within the tube and in so doing creates an electrical impulse in the means for intercepting. A reversal of the superconducting state produces a second pulse.
Claims9
An apparatus to produce electrical impulses, said apparatus comprising:
- a tube, said tube composed of superconducting material;
- a source of magnetic flux, said source located at an end of said tube, said source located about said end;
- means for intercepting magnetic flux from said source of magnetic flux, said means for intercepting magnetic flux being able to output an electrical impulse;
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- means for progressively changing the superconducting state of said tube, said means for progressively changing having a temperature control means, a temperature lower than a critical temperature being selectively applied to said end having said source, and a temperature greater than said critical temperature being applied opposite to said source.
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