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@INPROCEEDINGS{Thoma:859470,
author = {Thoma, Henrik and Hutanu, Vladimir and Deng, Hao and Roth,
Georg},
title = {{S}etup for polarized neutron diffraction using a novel
high-{T}c superconducting magnet at instrument {POLI} at
{MLZ}},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-00326},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Polarized neutron diffraction (PND) is a powerful method to
investigate magnetic structures. PND can be used for very
precise magnetization measurements even for weak magnetic
contributions. It allows the high-quality determination of
magnetic form factors, to untangle complex (e.g. chiral)
magnetic structures, and to follow the movement of magnetic
domains. In this technique, spin flip measurements are
carried out on a sample, located in a strong magnetic field.
Optionally, the scattered beam can be analyzed to perform a
polarization analysis along the given field direction at the
sample.A new PND setup has been developed for the hot
neutron single crystal diffractometer POLI [1] at MLZ. This
setup consists of a ³He spin filter cell [2] for
polarization, a Mezei flipper optimized for short-wavelength
neutrons, and a new high Tc superconducting magnet producing
fields up to 2.2 T. Because the magnet provides a symmetric
field configuration, a dedicated guide field system was
designed in order to avoid neutron depolarization in the
zero-field node. The polarization transport efficiency of
the whole setup was numerically simulated and optimized
[3].By using either a Heusler crystal at the sample position
or a second spin filter cell as analyzer, the polarization
losses in the setup were confirmed to be below $2\%$ over
the total field range of the magnet. With the ³He cell as
polarizer, a beam polarization over $90\%$ at a wavelength
as short as 0.7 Å is reliably reachable. The stray fields
of the magnet did not affect the relaxation time T1 of the
³He spin filter polarizer. Typical T1 values above 100 h
are measured. . First experiments with antiferromagnetic and
paramagnetic samples using the new setup have been
successfully performed. Using the CCSL software,
reconstruction of the field induced spin density
distribution in the weak ferromagnet MnCO3 was performed in
the paramagnetic state and compared to the literature data.
Our results shows the high performance and good resolution
of the setup.[1] V. Hutanu, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum,
Journal of large-scale research facilities, 1, A16 (2015)[2]
V. Hutanu, M. Meven, S. Masalovich et al., J. Phys.: Conf.
Ser., 294, 012012 (2011)[3] H. Thoma, W. Luberstetter, J.
Peters, and V. Hutanu, J. Appl. Cryst. 51, 17-26 (2018)},
month = {Jul},
date = {2018-07-03},
organization = {Polarised Neutrons for
Condensed-Matter Investigations 2018,
Abingdon (England), 3 Jul 2018 - 6 Jul
2018},
subtyp = {After Call},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-2 / JARA-FIT},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {524 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-524) / 6212 -
Quantum Condensed Matter: Magnetism, Superconductivity
(POF3-621) / 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15) / 6G4 - Jülich
Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-524 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6212 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)POLI-HEIDI-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859470},
}