Nonadiabatic heat-capacity measurements using a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer
Author(s) -
A. I. Kharkovski,
Ch. Binek,
W. Kleemann
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1316769
Subject(s) - magnetometer , heat capacity , magnetization , condensed matter physics , superconductivity , relaxation (psychology) , interference (communication) , materials science , laser , calorimetry , magnetic moment , quantum , magnetic field , physics , optics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , psychology , social psychology , channel (broadcasting) , engineering , electrical engineering
Nonadiabatic measurements of the heat capacity involving sample-inherent thermometry are proposed. The method is realized with superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry and applied to FeBr2 single crystals by using the magnetization for both thermometry and relaxation calorimetry. When heating with a step pulse of laser light, the magnetization relaxes on a characteristic time scale τ=RC, where C is the heat capacity and R is the heat resistance between the sample and the bath. R is independently determined from the temperature dependence of the magnetic moment measured with and without stationary light irradiation.
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