Vortex Flux Generator
Various implementations of the invention correspond to an improved vortex flux generator. In some implementations of the invention, the improved vortex flux generator includes a magnetic circuit configured to produce a magnetic field; a quench controller configured to provide a variable current; a vortex material configured to form and subsequently dissipate a vortex in response to the variable current, wherein upon formation of the vortex, a magnetic field density surrounding the vortex is urged to decrease, and wherein upon subsequent dissipation of the vortex, the urging to decrease ceases and the magnetic field density increases prior to a reformation of the vortex, and wherein the decrease of the magnetic field density and the increase of the magnetic field density correspond to a modulation of the magnetic field; an inductor disposed in a vicinity of the vortex such that the modulation of the magnetic field induces an electrical current in the inductor; and a dissipation superconductor electrically disposed in parallel with the vortex material and configured to carry, without quenching, an entirety of the variable current during dissipation of the vortex in the vortex material.
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6 . A circuit comprising:
a primary superconducting pathway;
a controller configured to provide a primary controller current to the primary superconducting pathway; and
a dissipation superconductor electrically disposed in parallel with the primary superconducting pathway and configured to carry, without quenching, an entirety of the primary controller current when the primary superconducting pathway transitions to a non-superconducting state.
7 . The circuit of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to provide a secondary controller current to the dissipation superconductor, wherein the dissipation superconductor is further configured to carry, without quenching, an entirety of both the primary controller current and the second controller circuit when the primary superconducting pathway transitions to a non-superconducting state.
8 . The circuit of claim 6 , wherein a superconducting material of the primary superconducting pathway has properties different from a superconducting material of the dissipation superconductor.
9 . The circuit of claim 6 , wherein the primary superconducting pathway has a first critical current, wherein the dissipation superconductor has a second critical current, wherein the second critical current is greater than the first critical current.