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To: Ian@SI who wrote (1077)7/19/1998 4:31:00 PM
From: Andrew Vance  Read Replies (1) of 1305
 
Ian, you have a knack for mentioning a tidbits of information from the past that we share in common.

I guess one could always remember that IBM has been doing research into Josephson Junctions for at least 30 years and has yet to produce anything useful.

I wish I could remember his name (Faris???) but one of the geniuses behind this technology walked away with the rights to these junctions, I believe. He started a company called Hypres, Inc. in Elmsford, NY. I worked for them for a few months and they did have a product they were trying to vreate that they were successful with. It was some sort of pico measurement system. I do not know if it got off the ground but it was an exciting experience to see it finally built (you know, from cardboard mock up to real unit). We had to "invent" a liquid Helium Dewar flask to get the temperature of the circuit down to the range we needed.

Funny how memories come back of glories past.

But, as usual, you hit the nail on the head. Research does not necessarily lead to reality. Things work on the bench but not in real life sometimes.

Ah Josepheson Junctions - the key was to have one end of the circuit at - a gazillion degress while the other end of the circuit operated at 85 degrees C. The good old days.

Andrew
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