There is set forth herein a superconducting lead assembly comprising: a positive superconducting wire; a negative superconducting wire, wherein the positive superconducting wire is configured to conduct inflow current to a cryogenic apparatus and wherein the negative superconducting wire is configured to conduct outflow current away from the cryogenic apparatus; and an electrically insulating separator, wherein the positive superconducting wire and the negative superconducting wire are arranged proximately one another and on opposite sides of the electrically insulating separator for cancellation of electromagnetic forces attributable to current flowing simultaneously in opposite directions within the positive superconducting wire and the negative superconducting wire, and wherein a length of the superconducting lead assembly is flexible. In one embodiment the positive superconducting wire and the negative superconducting wire can include high temperature superconducting (HTS) material.

A hybrid superconductive device for stabilizing an electric grid comprises (a) a magnetic core arrangement at least partially carrying an AC winding the AC winding connectable to an AC circuit for a current to be limited in the event of a fault; (b) at least one superconductive coil configured for storing electromagnetic energy; the superconductive coil magnetically coupled with the core arrangement and saturating the magnetic core arrangement during use. The hybrid superconductive device further comprises a switch unit preprogrammed for switching electric current patterns corresponding to the following modes: at least partially charging the superconductive coil; a standby mode when the superconductive coil is looped back; and at least partially discharging the superconductive coil into the circuit. Optionally, hybrid superconductive device comprises at least one passage located within said magnetic flux. The passage conducts a material flow comprising components magnetically separable by said magnetic flux.

An apparatus including a persistent current switch of a superconducting material which is electrically superconducting at a superconducting temperature and electrically resistive at a resistive mode temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature. The apparatus further includes a first heat exchange element; a convective heat dissipation loop thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the first heat exchange element; a second heat exchange element spaced apart from the first heat exchange element; and a thermally conductive link thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the second heat exchange element. The first heat exchange element is disposed above the persistent current switch. The thermally conductive link may have a greater thermal conductivity at the superconducting temperature than at a second temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature.

Embodiments disclose a vehicle including: a magnet unit disposed under a seat and on which a plurality of magnets are disposed; an electromagnetic unit disposed on a floor of a vehicle compartment and including a plurality of electromagnets; and a control unit configured to control the electromagnetic unit, wherein the control unit moves the seat to a preset position on the electromagnetic unit by controlling current applied to each of the electromagnets. Accordingly, the vehicle can improve the degree of freedom in design in a vehicle compartment while providing a passenger's convenience by implementing a seat movement mechanism suitable for the era of autonomous traveling.

Quantum computing systems require methods to control energies of qubits and couplers for quantum operations. Flux biasing of qubits and quantum couplers is provided for a superconducting quantum computer using single-flux-quantum (SFQ) technology. This method is applicable to a wide range of superconducting qubit structures and couplers, including transmons, fluxoniums, flux qubits, phase qubits and other superconducting qubits. This method enables arbitrary-amplitude time-varying flux biasing of qubits and couplers, due to a sequence of high-speed SFQ pulses. Several preferred embodiments are disclosed which provide high-fidelity control of fast single-qubit and multi-qubit operations.

A superconducting circuit having: a charging loop; a load loop including a superconductor; a superconducting connection which is simultaneously part of the charging loop and the load loop; and a controller to control a state of the connection between a first and second conductive states. In both the first and second states the connection is in a superconducting state, but a resistance or impedance of the superconducting connection is higher in the first conductive state than in the second conductive state such that the superconducting circuit is configured to induce flux flow between the charging loop and the load loop when the connection is its first conductive state, and inhibits flux flow between the charging loop and the load loop when the connection is its second conductive state; in particular wherein the superconducting connection operates in a flux flow regime in the first conductive state.

A superconducting current pump arranged to cause a DC electrical current to flow through a superconducting circuit accommodated within a cryogenic enclosure of a cryostat comprises a rotor external to the cryogenic enclosure and a stator within the cryogenic enclosure, the rotor and stator separated by a gap through which passes a thermally insulating wall of the cryogenic enclosure, the rotor and the stator comprising at least in part a ferromagnetic material to concentrate magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit across the gap between the rotor and the stator and through the wall, so that movement of the rotor external to the cryogenic enclosure relative to the stator within the cryogenic enclosure induces a DC transport current to flow around the superconducting circuit within the cryogenic enclosure. There is no coupling between a drive motor external to the cryogenic enclosure and an internal rotor which may introduce a path for heat leakage into the cryostat, in turn increasing the heat load and thus increasing the cooling power required to maintain the cold components within the cryogenic enclosure at the low operating temperature required.

A magnet arrangement for interacting with drive coils of an electric motor comprises a first drive magnet, a second drive magnet, and a compensation magnet arranged between a coil-facing side of the magnet arrangement and a coil-averted side of the magnet arrangement. The compensation magnet is arranged between the first drive magnet and the second drive magnet. The first drive magnet has a first cross-sectional area, the second drive magnet has a second cross-sectional area, and the compensation magnet has a third cross-sectional area; e.g., with a coil-facing width of the first cross-sectional area and a coil-facing width of the second cross-sectional area in each case greater than a coil-facing width of the third cross-sectional area, a coil-averted width of the third cross-sectional area greater than the coil-facing width of the third cross-sectional area, and the third cross-sectional area undercuts the first and second cross-sectional area on the coil-averted side.

A system for activating trapped field magnets in a superconducting material may include a superconducting material element and an electromagnet source disposed proximate the superconducting material element. The electromagnet source may be configured to produce a magnetic field pulse sufficient to activate the superconducting material element. The superconducting material element may be configured to retain a trapped magnetic field that is substantially equal to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field pulse.

Quantum computing systems require methods to control energies of qubits and couplers for quantum operations. Flux biasing of qubits and quantum couplers is provided for a superconducting quantum computer using single-flux-quantum (SFQ) technology. This method is applicable to a wide range of superconducting qubit structures and couplers, including transmons, fluxoniums, flux qubits, phase qubits and other superconducting qubits. This method enables arbitrary-amplitude time-varying flux biasing of qubits and couplers, due to a sequence of high-speed SFQ pulses. Several preferred embodiments are disclosed which provide high-fidelity control of fast single-qubit and multi-qubit operations.