NULL-PICOVOLTMETER AS A DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC

SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS
Yu.N. Chiang, M.O. Dzyuba
B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of NAS of Ukraine,
47 Lenin Ave., 61103 Kharkov, Ukraine
E-mail:dzyuba@ilt.kharkov.ua

We describe ananalog magnetometer based on a highly sensitive null-picovoltmeter[1] in which

the principle of converting low dc voltage into an ac signal via superconducting switching isused.

Experimental setup: 1– sample; 2 – sample

holder; 3 – vacuum chamber; 4 –
superconducting inductance coil; 5 –
superconducting coil; 6 – superconductor
switcher; 7 – calibrated normal resistance; 8 –
low-temperature transformer; 9 – low-
frequency-signal generator; 10 –
superconductor switcher control circuit; 11 –
amplification and signal detection circuit; 12 –
highly-stabilized current source.

I 4 I 5 I 5  4
 4  L4 M ; I4  0  4  M  ;
t t t t
 4   40 cos( x t   0 );  40  B40 S 4  MI 50 ; M  ( SI ) N 4 N 5 S 4 / lm ;
B 40 (  )  B 40  B  ; B40   (SI ) H ; B    (SI ) Pm    (SI ) H ;

 40 (  ) B40 (  ) B40 (  )  B40 B

      (SI )
 40 B40 B40 B40

Paramagnetic and diamagnetic response of the self-

induction EMF of the samples (~1 mm 3 in volume)
with the different signs of the magnetic
susceptibility. Ferrite is a ferromagnet, FeSe –
superconductor.

Calculated sensitivity

 40  U 7  10 V 11

B40   40 /  x S 4  10 T 8

Magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic (ferrite) and

Pm ~ 10 emu 6

diamagnetic superconducting (Pb, FeSe) samples, ~ 1

mm3 in volume, at liquid-helium temperature.
 ~ 10 4

[1] Yu.N. Chiang, Prib. Tekh. Eksp. (USSR) 1, 202 (1985)