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