Dry demagnetization cryostat for sub-millikelvin helium experiments: Refrigeration and thermometry
- Low Temperature Laboratory, O.V. Lounasmaa Laboratory, Aalto University, FI-00076 AALTO (Finland)
- BlueFors Cryogenics Ltd, Arinatie 10, 00370 Helsinki (Finland)
We demonstrate successful “dry” refrigeration of quantum fluids down to T = 0.16 mK by using copper nuclear demagnetization stage that is pre-cooled by a pulse-tube-based dilution refrigerator. This type of refrigeration delivers a flexible and simple sub-mK solution to a variety of needs including experiments with superfluid {sup 3}He. Our central design principle was to eliminate relative vibrations between the high-field magnet and the nuclear refrigeration stage, which resulted in the minimum heat leak of Q = 4.4 nW obtained in field of 35 mT. For thermometry, we employed a quartz tuning fork immersed into liquid {sup 3}He. We show that the fork oscillator can be considered as self-calibrating in superfluid {sup 3}He at the crossover point from hydrodynamic into ballistic quasiparticle regime.
- OSTI ID:
- 22327830
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 8; 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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