Damped superconducting coil system having a multiturn, planar geometry superconducting coil and shunt resistors electrically connecting successive coil turns

A damped superconductor coil comprising:

• a planar geometry multiturn superconducting coil;
• and
• an intracoil resistive shunt electrically connecting a plurality of turns of the coil with resistors, wherein the shunt is substantially within the perimeter of the coil.

An improved superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) of the type having a signal coupling coil and a feedback coupling coil, the improvement comprising:

• at least one of the signal coupling coil and the feedback coupling coil further includes an intracoil resistive shunt electrically connecting a plurality of turns of the coil with resistors, wherein the resistive shunt is substantially within the perimeter of the coil.

A method of damping resonances in a planar geometry multiturn superconducting coil comprising the steps of:

• placing a plurality of resistors parallel and proximate to the coil;
• and electrically connecting a plurality of turns of the coil internally with the resistors.