Abstract
We are developing nearly quantum limited two-stage SQUID systems for the readout of the MiniGRAIL, the first spherical gravitational wave detector with a diameter of 65 cm and a mass of 1150 kg. The two-stage SQUID systems are based on a conventional dc SQUID as the sensor and a double relaxation oscillation SQUID (DROS) as the second stage. The SQUID systems will be coupled to the detector via a multi-mode inductive transducer. The large flux-to-voltage transfer of the two-stage SQUID system allows a direct voltage readout scheme, i.e. without (ac flux) modulation. At T = 4.2 K, the energy resolution in flux-locked loop was measured to be ε = 27 h, and at a temperature around 20 mK, the energy resolution is expected to reach the quantum limit.
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