Note: A fast pneumatic sample-shuttle with attenuated shocks

Journal Article · Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868092· OSTI ID:22254997

Biancalana, Valerio ^[1]; Dancheva, Yordanka; Stiaccini, Leonardo ^[2]

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1. DIISM and CSC, University of Siena, CNISM, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena (Italy)
2. DSFTA and CSC, University of Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena (Italy)

We describe a home-built pneumatic shuttle suitable for the fast displacement of samples in the vicinity of a highly sensitive atomic magnetometer. The samples are magnetized at 1 T using a Halbach assembly of magnets. The device enables the remote detection of free-induction-decay in ultra-low-field and zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments, in relaxometric measurements and in other applications involving the displacement of magnetized samples within time intervals as short as a few tens of milliseconds. Other possible applications of fast sample shuttling exist in radiological studies, where samples have to be irradiated and then analyzed in a cold environment.

• OSTI ID: 22254997
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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