Instrument for x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements at high pressures.
An instrument has been developed for x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements at high pressures and low temperatures. This instrument couples a nonmagnetic copper-beryllium diamond anvil cell featuring perforated diamonds with a helium flow cryostat and an electromagnet. The applied pressure can be controlled in situ using a gas membrane and calibrated using Cu K-edge x-ray absorption fine structure measurements. The performance of this instrument was tested by measuring the XMCD spectra of the Gd(5)Si(2)Ge(2) giant magnetocaloric material.
Haskel
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Magnetic Materials Group, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. haskel@aps.anl.gov
Tseng
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Lang
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Sinogeikin
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D002942:Circular Dichroism / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation*