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Angle-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy At Ultra-low Temperatures
Published on: October 9, 2012
A 31 T split-pair pulsed magnet for single crystal x-ray diffraction at low temperature
F Duc1, X Fabrèges1, T Roth2
1Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-INSA-UJF-UPS, 143, avenue de Rangueil, F-31400 Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
We have developed a pulsed magnet system with panoramic access for synchrotron x-ray diffraction in magnetic fields up to 31 T and at low temperature down to 1.5 K. The apparatus consists of a split-pair magnet, a liquid nitrogen bath to cool the pulsed coil, and a helium cryostat allowing sample temperatures from 1.5 up to 250 K. Using a 1.15 MJ mobile generator, magnetic field pulses of 60 ms length were generated in the magnet, with a rise time of 16.5 ms and a repetition rate of 2 pulses/h at 31 T. The setup was validated for single crystal diffraction on the ESRF beamline ID06.
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