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• General Spintronics Lab orientation
• PPMS instrument overview and gallery of data
• PPMS base system description (magnetic field, temperature, sample chamber)
• To request training on either MPMS-3 or PPMS: download this questionnaire , fill it out and email it to ndilley@purdue.edu.

• ETO Training

  • Sample mounting / Setting up measurements

  • Interpreting the data

  • Quantum Design training seminars (longer)

    • Transport part 1: theory of operation
    • Transport part 2: experiment design
    • Transport part 3: interpreting the data

• FastHall M91 Training

  • seminar on FastHall from LakeShore: 

• Use Case Examples (users, please contribute to these!)

  • Si Hall mobility.pdf : example of Hall effect and van der Pauw resistivity measurements to determine mobility of p-type silicon.

  • ETO Training Report_Cadiente.pdf :  using ETO to measure superconducting Tc and Hc2 of Nb metal film.

  • Also: see example sequence folder C:\Qddynacool\Sequence\Example sequences to get you started

• References

  • Video: principles of lock-in amplifiers
  • ETO User's Manual
  • PPMS Rotator User's Manual
  • LakeShore FastHall M91 User's Manual
  • Keithley Low Level Measurements Handbook, 7th Edition

  • van der Pauw paper_1958.pdf

  • The hall effect and its applications_Putley_1975.pdf

• Training

  • Introduction to FMR : Application Note from QD
  • Purdue notes on CryoFMR: important guidelines for using FMR on the DynaCool, please read!

• Use Case Examples (users, please contribute to these!)

  • Setting up FMR on a new material: estimating FMR resonance frequencies based on SQUID data of this sample
  • Datasheet NiFe reference sample 2016-10-26.pdf

• References

  • FMR User's Manual

  • Broadband stripline FMR of FM films etc_Maksymov_2015.pdf
  • Measuring Inverse Spin Hall effect in PPMS 1087-203.pdf
  • Purdue IEEE Seminar, Justin Shaw (NIST) : Broadband FMR spectroscopy for understanding spin-orbit phenomena

• Training

  • Quantum Design training seminars

    • Theory of operation

    • Sample mounting

    • Interpreting the data

  • QD newsletter: How to Get the Most Out of Your Quantum Design VSM

• Use Case Examples (users, please contribute to these!)

  • Also: see example sequence folder C:\Qddynacool\Sequence\Example sequences to get you started

• References

  • VSM User's Manual

• Training

  • Quantum Design training seminars
    • Theory of operation
    • Sample mounting / setting up measurements
    • Interpreting the data 

• Use Case Examples (users, please contribute to these!)

  • Also: see example sequence folder C:\Qddynacool\Sequence\Example sequences to get you started

• References

  • TTO User's Manual

• Training

  • Quantum Design training seminars
    • Theory of operation
    • Sample mounting / setting up measurements
    • Interpreting the data 

• Use Case Examples (users, please contribute to these!)

  • Also: see example sequence folder C:\Qddynacool\Sequence\Example sequences to get you started

• References

  • Heat Capacity User's Manual
  • review paper: Lashley et al. (2003) "Critical Examination of Heat Cap in QD PPMS"
  • Magnetoresistance of Cernox thermometers at low Temperatures (RSI, 1999)

• LabVIEW and .NET integration with PPMS
  • LabVIEW example programs for DynaCool integration
• List of electronics on the rolling rack
  • Manuals for SMUs on the rack by DynaCool
• PPMS sample chamber properties
• Multi-function probe (MFP) user diagrams
• Table for proper connections for MFP measurements: MFP sample-to-switchbox wiring.rtf