Fast sweep-rate plastic Faraday force magnetometer with simultaneous sample temperature measurement

Rev Sci Instrum. 2012 Dec;83(12):125104. doi: 10.1063/1.4769049.

Abstract

We present a design for a magnetometer capable of operating at temperatures down to 50 mK and magnetic fields up to 15 T with integrated sample temperature measurement. Our design is based on the concept of a Faraday force magnetometer with a load-sensing variable capacitor. A plastic body allows for fast sweep rates and sample temperature measurement, and the possibility of regulating the initial capacitance simplifies the initial bridge balancing. Under moderate gradient fields of ~1 T/m our prototype performed with a resolution better than 1 × 10(-5) emu. The magnetometer can be operated either in a dc mode, or in an oscillatory mode which allows the determination of the magnetic susceptibility. We present measurements on Dy(2)Ti(2)O(7) and Sr(3)Ru(2)O(7) as an example of its performance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Magnetometry / instrumentation*
  • Magnets
  • Oxides / chemistry
  • Plastics*
  • Temperature*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Plastics