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Issue 4(9), pp. 48-59, 2025

Review

Non-contact techniques for studiyng the critical properties of superconductors

A. Yu. Levakhova

Ginzburg Centre, Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS, Leninsky ave., 53, 119991, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: levakhovaayu@lebedev.ru

S. Yu. Gavrilkin

Ginzburg Centre, Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS, Leninsky ave., 53, 119991, Moscow, Russia

A. Yu. Tsvetkov

Ginzburg Centre, Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS, Leninsky ave., 53, 119991, Moscow, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62539/2949-5644-2025-9-4-48-59

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the main non-contact methods for measuring critical parameters of superconducting materials. Their classification has been carried out. The main focus is on induction contactless techniques and devices based on them, as the most promising.

Keywords: critical current; high-temperature superconductors; non-contact methods.

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