Infrastructure and special equipment of Department of Magnetometry

Laboratory for the preparation of materials and measurement of their properties

The laboratory is used for the study and synthesis of bulk high-temperature superconductors such as REBCO and TlPbSrBaCaCu, synthesis of sputtering targets for thin superconducting films and structures based on REBCO, study of nano-precursors Fe3O4 and TiO2 for applications in materials research and medicine. It is also equipped to measure the magnetic properties of materials.

	The laboratory is equipped with several horizontal and one vertical furnace and other high-energy grinding equipment.
The laboratory has a Quantum Design MPMS XL 7 AC system for measuring the magnetic properties of materials. The device enables measurement of magnetic moments of samples in the range of unidirectional fields ±7 T, in alternating magnetic field (10-2 Hz to 1500 Hz) and in the temperature range 2 K – 400 K. The stability of the magnetic field is 1 ppm / hour. The sensitivity of the device is 10-11 Am2 for (0 T – 0.25 T). The device was obtained from the EU structural funds.

Laboratory for measuring weak magnetic fields

An important area of research at the institute is the measurement of magnetic fields. A special RF electromagnetically shielded laboratory for measuring weak magnetic fields in the forest near the institute building is also intended for this purpose, which is used mainly for measurements using SQUID superconducting quantum magnetometers.

	SQUID superconducting quantum magnetometer.