Series arrays of closely spaced, planar long Josephson junctions were demonstrated to be transducers of magnetic flux featuring high-dynamic range, wide-bandwidth, and the capability to operate at cryogenic nitrogen temperatures. By tuning and scaling the geometry of these devices, it is possible to improve their sensitivity to an applied magnetic field and to generate higher voltage responses. Moreover, these devices feature linear voltage responses allowing for the potential of unlocked operation. Herein, we study the flux focusing effect in series arrays of planar Josephson junctions, which are well-suited to fabrication in thin films of the high-transition temperature superconductor YBa[Formula: see text]Cu[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text] via helium focused ion beam irradiation. We present efforts to characterize the array geometry and properties for magnetic field sensing, with investigations of single Josephson junction behavior and demonstrations of small and large series arrays of Josephson junctions. Furthermore, two-tone spectroscopy is performed to quantify the practical linearity of the voltage response. In this work, a series array of 2640 long Josephson junctions is demonstrated, achieving a sensitivity of 1.7 mV/[Formula: see text]T and a linear response over a region of 10.6 [Formula: see text]T resulting in a dynamic range of 117 dB while operating at 40 K.
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