Note: A fast pneumatic sample-shuttle with attenuated shocks

We describe a home-built pneumatic shuttle suitable for the fast displacement of samples in the vicinity of a highly sensitive atomic magnetometer. The samples are magnetized at 1 T using a Halbach assembly of magnets. The device enables the remote detection of free-induction-decay in ultra-low-fiel...

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Published in:Review of scientific instruments 2014-03, Vol.85 (3), p.036104-036104
Main Authors: Biancalana, Valerio, Dancheva, Yordanka, Stiaccini, Leonardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
DECAY
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
IRRADIATION
MAGNETOMETERS
MAGNETS
NMR
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
RABBIT TUBES
Scientific apparatus & instruments
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Summary:We describe a home-built pneumatic shuttle suitable for the fast displacement of samples in the vicinity of a highly sensitive atomic magnetometer. The samples are magnetized at 1 T using a Halbach assembly of magnets. The device enables the remote detection of free-induction-decay in ultra-low-field and zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments, in relaxometric measurements and in other applications involving the displacement of magnetized samples within time intervals as short as a few tens of milliseconds. Other possible applications of fast sample shuttling exist in radiological studies, where samples have to be irradiated and then analyzed in a cold environment.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.4868092