Cryoelectronics
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Cryoelectronics or cryolectronics is the study of superconductivity
at low temperatures and its applications. It is not to be confused with cryotronics
, the study of the production of superconductor materials.
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance occurring in certain materials below a characteristic temperature. It was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum...
at low temperatures and its applications. It is not to be confused with cryotronics
Cryotronics
Cryotronics is the production of electronics that utilize superconductivity, and is not to be confused with cryoelectronics or cryolectronics. The simplest use of cryotronics is the cryotron, which is a switch. Rapid single flux quantum digital electronics technology is a good example of...
, the study of the production of superconductor materials.