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As a world wide leader for high performance SQUID electronics, low-noise SQUID sensors, customized SQUID systems, and measurement know-how, we hope that you find some useful information about us and our products on this website. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.

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Visit us at LTD20

Visit us at LTD20 from July 23 to 28 in Deajon, South Korea.

ULCA-1 in EURAMET case study

Read the case study on the development of ULCA-1 variants within the EMPIR e-SI-Amp project.

Visit us at CPEM2018 in Paris

We will be presenting our latest products at CPEM2018 in Paris from July 8 to 13, 2018. 

We are looking forward to meet you at booth #07.

Developers of ULCA-1 current amplifier/generator receive Helmholtz award

The developers of the ULCA-1 current amplifier/generator receive the Helmholtz Award, endowed with 20000 Euro. Magnicon congratulates the award winners and is proud to license this groundbreaking development.

More details can be found here (PTB website) and here (Helmholtz fund website, in German).

Joint research project with PTB and IAP for multichannel SQUID electronics development

Magnicon has started a joint research project with PTB (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt) and IAP (Institut fuer Angewandte Photonik e.V.) named MCFLL.

Goal of the project is the development of a multi-purpose multichannel SQUID electronics to be scalable for systems with a couple of channels up to systems with 1000 SQUID channels or more.

The electronics should be suitable for a variety of applications (single-stage SQUIDs, 2-stage SQUIDs, TES bias, etc.) while maintaining moderate costs, low noise, and high bandwidth.

This project is funded by the state of Berlin and the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE).

SQUIDViewer v3.3.18 and magsv.dll v0.0.0.11 available

There are new versions of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.18 and the SQUIDViewer DLL v0.0.0.11 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

ULCA-1 now available!

The ultrastable low-noise current amplifier ULCA-1 (licensed by PTB) is now available.

Find out more here.

Colmar Hinnrichs (1966-02-26 - 2016-02-27)

Our dear friend and colleague Colmar Hinnrichs unexpectedly passed away at the end of February following a brief illness. 

He will be greatly missed by us all. 

You can find an obituary here (http://snf.ieeecsc.org/pages/memoriam-obituaries#PO44).

nanoSQUID readout with combined Magnicon XXF-1 and SEL-1 SQUID electronics system

Find the latest publication about low-noise two-stage read out of nanoSQUIDs with bias reversal option by use of a combined XXF-1/SEL-1 SQUID electronics system in our references section.

SQUIDViewer v3.3.16 available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.16 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

We have moved

Magnicon has moved to larger premises. Our new address is

Magnicon GmbH
Barkhausenweg 11
22339 Hamburg
Germany

Our phone, fax, and online contacts have not changed.

SQUIDViewer v3.3.11 available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.11 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

Updated magsv.dll v0.0.0.8 available

You can download an updated version of the magsv.dll dynamic link library from the customer area.

A bug is removed, causing problems with the switch settings for CSE-2 current source boards.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

SQUIDViewer v3.3.10 and magsv.dll v0.0.0.7 available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.10 from the customer area.

An update of the magsv.dll dynamik link library to v0.0.0.7 is available too.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

New publications from our customers available

Please visit our References site to learn more about the latest applications of our customers.

SQUIDViewer v3.3.8, TempViewer v1.2.1, and magsv.dll v0.0.0.4 available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.8 from the customer area.

An update of the magsv.dll dynamik link library to v0.0.0.4 is available too as well as a TempViewer v1.2.1 update.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

Visit us at EUCAS 2011 in The Hague

The Superconductivity Centennial Conference (EUCAS, ISEC, ICMC) will be held at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands from September 18-23, 2011.

We are looking forward to meet you at booth #28.

Visit us at LTD14 in Heidelberg

The 14th international workshop on Low Temperature Detectors will be held at Heidelberg University from August 1-5, 2011.

We are looking forward to meet you at our booth.

New DLL for control of Magnicon SQUID electronics available

With the new magsv.dll dynamic link library, you can integrate SEL-1 and XXF-1 electronics control into your software development system in a convenient way.

Use more than 40 functions to set and read nearly all electronics parameters. Customers can download the latest magsv.dll with all necessary support files from our customer area.

There are new versions of SQUIDViewer v3.3.5 and TempViewer v1.2.0 available too.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

Joint research project with PTB for traceable MFFT-1 calibration

Magnicon has started a joint research project with PTB to establish a traceable calibration of our MFFT-1 magnetic field fluctuation thermometers.

Goal of the project is the traceability of MFFT-1 reference temperatures to the provisional low temperature scale 2000 (PLTS2000).

The MFFT-1 thermometer is a semi-primary high-accuracy Johnson noise thermometer designed for use at typical dilution refrigerator temperatures.

Learn more about the MFFT-1 thermometer.

This project is funded by the state of Berlin and the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE).

New Activities in Metrology

Magnicon is proud to announce some new activities in the field of high-precision metrology applications. Some devices are developed together with Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the German national metrology institute. Please contact us for more informations about prices and availability.

CCC Electronics
A new state-of-the-art electronics for Cryogenic Current Comparator (CCC) operation for high precision resistance measurements is under development right now. The 19" plug-in chassis includes two digital current sources, a nanovoltmeter acting as a null-detector, and a communication unit for PC control of all parameters. Together with our high-performance XXF-1 SQUID electronics the system allows fast and stable measurements with lowest uncertainty.

More informations can be found at:
Improving the stability of cryogenic current comparator setups
D Drung, M Götz, E Pesel, J-H Storm, C Aßmann, M Peters and Th Schurig
Supercond. Sci. Technol. 22 (2009) 114004
Improved Cryogenic Current Comparator Setup With Digital Current Sources
Goetz, M.; Drung, D.; Pesel, E.; Barthelmess, H.-J.; Hinnrichs, C.; Assmann, C.; Peters, M.; Scherer, H.; Schumacher, B.; Schurig, T.
IEEE Trans. Instr. and Meas., Volume 58,  Issue 4,  April 2009 Page(s):1176 - 1182

Nanovoltmeter
Resulting from our CCC electronics development we will offer the applied nanovoltmeter as a stand-alone device too. In comparison to available nanovoltmeters, this new chopper amplifier offers high bandwidth with short settling time and low voltage noise as well as low current noise performance.

More informations can be found at:
Ultra-low Noise Chopper Amplifier with Low Input Charge Injection
Dietmar Drung and Jan-Hendrik Storm
Paper P1237 at CPEM 2010, IEEE Trans. Instr. and Measurement, Vol. 60, Issue 7, pp. 2347-2352 (2011)

Voltage Ramp Generator
Together with PTB we have developed a highly linear digital voltage ramp generator that can be used for traceable calibration of picoamperemeters. The fully computer controlled device allows voltage slopes between 1mV/s and 1000mV/s with ultra low variations.

More informations can be found at:
Novel Digital Voltage Ramp Generator for Use in Precision Current Sources in the Picoampere Range
Willenberg, G.-D. Tauscher, H.N.
IEEE Trans. Instr. and Measurement, Volume 58, Issue 4, pp. 756-760 (2009)

SQUIDViewer v3.3.2 now available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.2 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

We have changed our legal form

Magnicon GbR is now Magnicon GmbH. Our other contact informations have not changed.

Thank you for the great response

It was a pleasure to meet you in Dresden. Thank you very much for all the interesting discussions at our booth and at your posters.

SQUIDViewer v3.3.0 now available

There is a new version of our SQUID electronics control software available. Download SQUIDViewer v3.3.0 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

TempViewer v1.1.2 now available

There is a new version of our magnetic field fluctuation thermometer (MFFT) control software available. Download TempViewer v1.1.2 from the customer area.

You need a password to get access to the customer area. If you are a Magnicon customer and have no password, please contact us.

MFFT-1 Noise Thermometer

Magnicon introduces the high accuracy magnetic field fluctuation thermometer MFFT-1 for dilution refrigerators. Learn more at the MFFT-1 section of our web site.

New Magnicon USB to RS232 Converter

Every Magnicon SQUID electronics now includes the Magnicon USB to RS-232 converter USBC-1.

Thank you!

Thank you very much for the great response and all the fruitful discussions at ULT 2008.

Magnicon opens branch in Berlin

To improve our service and flexibility we now have opened a branch in Berlin. The office is located at premises of PTB Berlin with possible access to PTB infrastructure.

This gives us more flexibility for characterization and customization of our products as well as the possibility to be as close to current research as possible.

Additionally, we have increased our workforce to take our growing product range into account. Our new colleague is Dipl. Ing. Frank Ruede, an electrical engeneering technician with many years of experience in SQUID measurements, SQUID design, and SQUID system operation.

The address of our Berlin branch is:
Magnicon GbR
Division Berlin
Abbestr. 2-12
10587 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49-30-34817958
Fax: +49-30-3481697958
E-Mail: ruede@magnicon.com

Thank you for visiting us at EUCAS 2007

Thank you very much for the great response and fruitful discussions at our booth and during the poster sessions.

Relaunch of Magnicon website

To adapt our internet representation to our growing range of products and to give you a better overview about this company, this brand-new website is now online.

Job opportunities

Please check our Jobs section for open positions!