Cryogen-free variable temperature scanning SQUID microscope

Bishop-Van Horn, Logan; Cui, Zheng; Kirtley, John R.; Moler, Kathryn A.

doi:10.1063/1.5085008

Title: Cryogen-free variable temperature scanning SQUID microscope

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5085008· OSTI ID:1523846

^[1]; Cui, Zheng ^[2];

^[3]; Moler, Kathryn A. ^[4]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geballe Lab. for Advanced Materials
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geballe Lab. for Advanced Materials

Scanning Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) microscopy is a powerful tool for imaging local magnetic properties of materials and devices, but it requires a low-vibration cryogenic environment, traditionally achieved by thermal contact with a bath of liquid helium or the mixing chamber of a “wet” dilution refrigerator. We mount a SQUID microscope on the 3 K plate of a Bluefors cryocooler and characterize its vibration spectrum by measuring SQUID noise in a region of sharp flux gradient. By implementing passive vibration isolation, we reduce relative sensor-sample vibrations to 20 nm in-plane and 15 nm out-of-plane. A variable-temperature sample stage that is thermally isolated from the SQUID sensor enables measurement at sample temperatures from 2.8 K to 110 K. We demonstrate these advances by imaging inhomogeneous diamagnetic susceptibility and vortex pinning in optimally-doped YBCO above 90 K.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02- 76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1523846

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1529170

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 90, Issue 6; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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