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Title: Nuclear magnetic resonance probe head design for precision strain control

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5002631· OSTI ID:1409367
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  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. TU Dresden, Dresden (Germany). Inst. for Solid State Physics
  3. Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

We present the design and construction of an NMR probe to investigate single crystals under strain at cryogenic temperatures. The probe head incorporates a piezoelectric-based apparatus from Razorbill Instruments that enables both compressive and tensile strain tuning up to strain values on the order of 0.3% with a precision of 0.001%. 75As NMR in BaFe2As2 reveals large changes to the electric field gradient and indicates that the strain is homogeneous to within 16% over the volume of the NMR coil.

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358; DMR-1506961; NA0002908; 1143
OSTI ID:
1409367
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1396312; OSTI ID: 1464758
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9498; TRN: US1703196
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 88, Issue 10; ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 8 works
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