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Tl-2212 thin films were grown ex situ in a two step process on a varie
ty of substrates, including ones with artificially introduced high ang
le steps. Grain boundary weak links were formed on LaAlO3 substrates w
ith steps and on bicrystal substrates and were employed in dc SQUIDs.
The white noise level of the SQUIDs was 50 mu Phi(0)/root Hz at 77 K.
A 12.5 GHz HEMT oscillator stabilized with a Tl-2212 resonator gave 8-
10 dB lower phase noise than using a gold resonator.