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MicroSQUID Force Microscopy in a Dilution Refrigerator

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We present a new generation of a scanning microSQUID microscope operating in an inverted dilution refrigerator. The microSQUIDs have a size of 1.21\( \ \upmu \)m\(^{2}\) and a magnetic flux sensitivity of 120 \(\upmu \Phi _{0} / \sqrt{\text {Hz}}\) and thus a field sensitivity of 550\( \ \upmu \text {G}/ \sqrt{\text {Hz}}\). The scan range at low temperatures is about 80 \(\upmu \)m and a coarse displacement of 5 mm in x and y direction has been implemented. The microSQUID-to-sample distance is regulated using a tuning fork based force detection. A microSQUID-to-sample distance of 420 nm has been obtained. The reliable knowledge of this distance is necessary to obtain a trustworthy estimate of the absolute value of the superconducting penetration depth. An outlook will be given on the ongoing direction of development.

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Acknowledgments

P. C. and K. H. acknowledge support in the framework of MICROKELVIN, the EU FRP7 low-temperature infrastructure under Grant No. 228464. Z. S. W. acknowledges thankfully the support of the French Embassy in Beijing and the CROUS. This work has been supported by the French National Research Agency, Grant No. ANR-09-Blanc-0211 SupraTetrafer and ANR- 09-BLAN-0146 SINUS. W. Wernsdorfer and E. Eyraud are thanked for their advice and help during the cryogenic developments.

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  1. CNRS, Institut Néel, Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 , Grenoble, France

    D. J. Hykel, Z. S. Wang, P. Castellazzi, T. Crozes, G. Shaw & K. Hasselbach

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 100190 , Beijing, China

    Z. S. Wang

  3. Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Domaine Universitaire, 300 rue de la Piscine, 38406 , Saint Martin d’Hères, France

    K. Schuster

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Hykel, D.J., Wang, Z.S., Castellazzi, P. et al. MicroSQUID Force Microscopy in a Dilution Refrigerator. J Low Temp Phys 175, 861–867 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-014-1174-9

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