Clamp cell with in situ pressure monitoring for low-temperature neutron scattering measurements

A. Podlesnyak, M. Loguillo, G. M. Rucker, B. Haberl, R. Boehler, G. Ehlers, L. L. Daemen, D. Armitage, M. D. Frontzek, M. Lumsden

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Abstract

A clamp pressure cell for neutron scattering experiments at low temperatures and in external magnetic fields under pressure up to 2 GPa has been fabricated and tested. The cell provides optical access to the sample space that allows instantaneous pressure determination during sample loading, cooling and measuring using ruby and/or samarium doped strontium tetraborate fluorescence monitoring. A new calibration curve of the pressure-induced shift of the 7D0 - 5F0(0-0) line in the fluorescent spectrum of SrB4O7:Sm2+ for moderate pressures, P ≤ 2 GPa, is given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)482-492
Number of pages11
JournalHigh Pressure Research
Volume38
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2 2018

Funding

This work was supported by DOE Office of Science User Facility. This work was supported by DOE Office of Science User Facility. This research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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DOE Office of Science
Office of Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Keywords

    • clamp cell
    • fluorescence
    • neutron scattering
    • pressure measurements

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