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Researchers have developed a compact pulsed magnetic field generator capable of producing ultrafast magnetic fields up to approximately 1 Tesla with pulse durations of 3.8 microseconds without destroying the equipment. The system uses commercially available ultrafast power devices to overcome limitations of conventional generators, which have large time constants due to high inductance and capacitance. The team successfully validated the system through magnetization measurements on cobalt powder and Faraday rotation measurements on CdS single crystals.
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This technology enables the study of nonequilibrium phenomena in materials at ultrafast timescales, which was previously difficult to achieve without damaging equipment. The compact, nondestructive design using commercially available components makes ultrafast magnetic field research more accessible to laboratories, potentially accelerating discoveries in condensed matter physics and materials science.
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Abstract: The sweep rate of pulsed magnetic fields is a key factor in exploring of nonequilibrium phenomena in matter. However, the nondestructive generation of ultrafast pulsed magnetic fields is challenging because of the large time constants associated with the large inductance and capacitance of conventional pulsed magnetic field generators, as well as the residual inductance of the power devices and the system itself. We have developed a new compact pulsed magnetic field generator using commercially available state-of-the-art ultrafast power devices, enabling the generation of ultrafast pulsed magnetic fields up to approximately 1 T with a pulse duration of 3.8 {mu}s. We present the performance of the newly developed system and compare the experimentally obtained magnetic field waveforms with the results of a simple circuit simulation. In addition, we demonstrate magnetization measurements on cobalt powder and Faraday rotation measurements on CdS single crystal using the developed system.
Source: Compact nondestructive generator for microsecond-class ultrafast pulsed magnetic fields