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Measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation are expected to significantly increase our understanding of the early universe. We present a design for a CMB polarimeter in which a cryogenically cooled…
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Heat capacity measurements under high pressure places high demands on the calorimeter. Here we describe the development of a miniaturized nanocalorimeter for high-pressure heat capacity measurements at low temperature. The device,…
Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale topological spin structures offering great promise for next-generation information storage technologies. The recent discovery of sub-100 nm room temperature (RT) skyrmions in several multilayer films has…
We present an experimental setup and methodology designed to facilitate high-precision thermal measurements required for infrared medical tomography. The approach which is best suited for the study of specialized hardware phantoms comprises…
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Superconducting quantum computers require microwave control lines running from room temperature to the mixing chamber of a dilution refrigerator. Adding more lines without preliminary thermal modeling to make predictions risks overwhelming…
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Magnetic nanoparticles have proven to be valuable for biomedical applications. A prerequisite for the efficiency of these applications are precisely characterized particles. Thermal Noise Magnetrometry (TNM), unlike any other magnetic…
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We have developed a novel procedure for constructing high surface area silver sinter heat exchangers. Our recipe incorporates nylon fibers having a diameter of ~ 50 microns and thin wires of bulk silver in the heat exchanger. In order to…