Development of non-metallic pressure cell for electrical and magnetic measurements under pulsed high magnetic field, low temperature and high pressure

• Project/Area Number: 25610090
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Condensed matter physics II
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: SETTAI Rikio 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 教授 (00251041)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HIROSE Yusuke 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 助教 (00647125)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 強相関電子系 / 重い電子系 / パルス強磁場 / 圧力 / 圧力セル / 極低温 / メタ磁性 / CeRh2Si2 / 量子臨界点

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Strongly correlated electron systems (SCES) with 4f electrons usually possess low ordering temperature of order of 1-10 K, while they need high magnetic field of 10-100 T to change the electronic and magnetic properties. For high magnetic field experiments above 20 T, a pulsed-magnet is generally used. However, the eddy current due to the pulsed magnetic field invokes the crucial heating around the measured substance at very low temperature. Especially a high pressure cell made by metallic materials are used with the pulsed magnetic field to tune the electronic, magnetic and superconducting properties in SCES. This study aimed the development of non-metallic pressure cell for pulsed magnetic field experiment at very low temperature and succeeded to achieve 4 GPa using the non-metallic ZrO2 anvil and pyrophyllite gasket. We also succeed to observe a decoupling between the localized nature and itinerant one on the metamagnetic behavior in CeRh2Si2 using the newly developed pressure cell.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Anisotropy of the superconducting upper critical field and antiferromagnetism in pressure-induced superconductor CePt2In7 (2015)
  • Author(s): Shuhei Kurahashi, Shunpei Ota, Shun Tomaru, Yusuke Hirose and Rikio Settai
  • Journal Title: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 592 Pages: 012006-012006
  • DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/592/1/012006
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Development of non-metallic diamond anvil cell and quantum oscillation measurement of CePt2ln7 in a pulsed-magnet (2015)
  • Author(s): Atsushi Miyake, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Shunpei Ohta, Yusuke Hirose, Rikio Settai, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Akira Matsuo, Koichi Kindo and Masashi Tokunaga
  • Journal Title: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 592 Pages: 012149-012149
  • DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/592/1/012149
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Investigation of the heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CeRh2Si2 under intense pulsed magnetic (2014)
  • Author(s): William Knafo, Rikio Settai, Daniel Braithwaite, Shuhei Kurahashi, Dai Aoki, Jacques Flouquet
  • Organizer: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Grenoble, France
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-09
• [Presentation] Development of quantum oscillations measurements under multiple extreme conditions combining a pulsed-magnet and non-metallic diamond anvil cell (2014)
  • Author(s): Atsushi Miyake, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Shunpei Ohta, Yusuke Hirose, Rikio Settai, Fuminori Honda, Dai Aoki, Yoshichika Onuki, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Akira Matsuo, Koichi Kindo, Masashi Tokunaga
  • Organizer: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Grenoble, France
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-09
• [Presentation] Anisotropy of upper critical field and antiferromagnetism in pressure-induced superconductor CePt2In7 (2014)
  • Author(s): Shuhei Kurahashi, Shunpei Ota, Shun Tomaru, Yusuke Hirose, Rikio Settai
  • Organizer: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Grenoble, France
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-09