Capacitive detection of magnetostriction, dielectric constant, and magneto-caloric effects in pulsed magnetic fields

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Abstract

We report on the development of a capacitance measuring system that allows measurements of capacitance in pulsed magnetic fields up to 61 T. By using this system, magnetic-field responses of various physical quantities, such as magnetostriction, magnetic-field-induced change in complex dielectric constant, and magneto-caloric effect, can be investigated in pulsed-magnetic-field conditions. Here, we examine the validity of our system for investigations of these magnetic-field-induced phenomena in pulse magnets. For the magnetostriction measurement, magnetostriction of a specimen can be measured through a change in the capacitance between two aligned electrodes glued on the specimen and a dilatometer. We demonstrate a precise detection of valley polarization in semimetallic bismuth through a magnetostriction signal with a resolution better than 10-6 of the relative length change. For the magnetic-field-induced change in complex dielectric constant, we successfully observed clear dielectric anomalies accompanied by magnetic/magnetoelectric phase transitions in multiferroic Pb(TiO)Cu4(PO4)4. For the measurement of magneto-caloric effect, a magnetic-field-induced change in sample temperature was verified for Gd3Ga5O12 with a capacitance thermometer made of a non-magnetic ferroelectric compound KTa1-xNbxO3 (x = 0.02) whose capacitance is nearly field-independent. These results show that our capacitance measuring system is a promising tool to study various magnetic-field-induced phenomena, which have been difficult to detect in pulsed magnetic fields.

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Miyake, A., Mitamura, H., Kawachi, S., Kimura, K., Kimura, T., Kihara, T., … Tokunaga, M. (2020). Capacitive detection of magnetostriction, dielectric constant, and magneto-caloric effects in pulsed magnetic fields. Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(10). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010753

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