Modified electrical transport probe design for standard magnetometer

Abstract

Making electrical transport measurements on a material is often a time consuming process that involves testing a large number of samples. It is thus inconvenient to wire up and rewire samples onto a sample probe. We therefore present a method of modifying Quantum Design's MPMS SQUID magnetometer transport probe that simplifies the process of sample mounting. One of the difficulties to overcome is the small diameter of the sample space. A small socket is designed and mounted on the probe so that various samples mounted on individual headers can be readily exchanged in the socket. We also present some test results on the topological insulator Bi2Te2Se using the modified probe.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2012
Source ID
10.1063/1.3697998

Entities

People

  • B. A. Assaf
  • D. Heiman
  • F. Katmis
  • J. S. Moodera
  • P. Wei
  • T. Cardinal

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • National Science Foundation
  • Northeastern University
  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Quantum Computing
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster