TECHNICAL SUPPORT

General System

• Quantum Design's Printer Recommendations (10/09) - 1014-301
• EverCool™ Maintenance on Outdoor Compressors (9/09) - 1099-206
• Upgrading National Instruments 488.2 Drivers from Version 1.70 to 2.10 (1/04) - 1070-811
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide for Customer's Computers (11/03) - 1014-826
• In Response to a Scheduled Power Outage: MPMS with MultiVu (7/01)
• Initial Installation Instructions for the Reciprocating Sample Option (RSO) (1/01) - 1090-301

Tests and Procedures for Electronics Cabinet

• Replacing the EPROM on the 1802 (10/05) - 1014-816
• Replacing the Hardware Configuration Option EPROM on the 1822 (10/05) - 1014-806
• Testing for RSO Transport-SQUID Signal Coupling (3/04) - 1090-310
• 17 Bit Digitizer Board Replacement and Use (1/03) - 1014-812
• Overheating in the Non-XL MPMS Electronic Cabinet Console (3/01) - 1048-401
• Magnet Controls and Kepco Troubleshooting (1/01) - 1014-401
• Installing the RSO Grounding Strap for MPMS-XL Cabinets (11/00) - 1090-201
• Checking Voltage Levels on the 1822 Controller (5/99) - 1014-807

Tests and Procedures for Probe

• Recommendations for Avoiding Blocked Helium Impedances (1/12) - 1070-315
• Removing and Installing the Sample Tube (10/05) - 1014-305
• High-Powered Impedance Test (11/00) - 1014-308
• Installing and Using the RSO Airlock (11/00) - 1090-302
• Impedance Tube Blockage Test and Repair (9/95) - 1014-303

General System

• Stray Magnetic Fields and Quantum Design Cryostats (1/08) - 1070-204
• Palladium Reference Samples (4/05) - 1041-001
• Removing and Installing the Sample Tube (10/01) - 1014-305
• Sample Tube Resistance (11/00) - 1014-312
• Color-Coded Cables (11/00) - 1014-205
• Oxygen Contamination (3/97) - 1014-210
• Fundamentals of Magnetism and Magnetic Measurements
  by Mike McElfresh, Purdue University
  Featuring Quantum Design's Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS)
  (PDF, 8.7 MB)
• Effects of Magnetic Field Uniformity on the Measurement of Superconducting Samples
  by Mike McElfresh and Shi Li of Purdue University
  and Ron Sager of Quantum Design

Measurement Techniques

• Measuring Large Moment Samples in the Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS) (8/03) - 1014-824
• Using the New MPMS MultiVu™ Multiple Measure Sequence Command (10/02) - 1014-825
• Subtracting the Sample Holder Background from Dilute Samples (4/02) - 1014-213
• Sample Mounting Considerations (11/01) - 1014-201
• Verifying Absolute Sensitivity in the MPMS (11/01) - 1014-822
• Loading a Frozen Solution into the MPMS for Low Temperature Measurements (6/01) - frozen
• The Regression Value Algorithm (1/01) - 1014-214
• Connecting a Straw Adapter to the Standard Transport Rod (11/00) - 1014-819
• Outline of Data Regression Routines (11/00) - 1014-203
• Procedures for Achieving Low Temperature, No Overshoot Temperature Control (11/00) - 1014-211

Magnetic Field Control

• Remnant Fields in MPMS Superconducting Magnets (1/01)- 1014-208
• Improvements in Magnet Hysteresis Charging Mode (12/01) - 1014-823
• Characterization of Magnet Noise in Superconducting Magnets When Charging the Magnetic Field in Unidirectional Steps (11/00) - 1014-820
• Setting Small Fields Using the AC Option or the Ultra Low Field Option (11/00) - 1014-212
• Variation of Magnetic Field Over the Scan Length (3/97) - 1014-204

Options

• Fiberoptic Sample Holder (FOSH): Characteristics and Uses (6/03) - 1056-201
• AC Susceptibility (12/02) - 1078-201
• Transverse Detection System (11/00) - 1014-202
• Environmental Magnetic Shield - Option M107 (11/00) - 1014-209

• Recommendations for Avoiding Blocked Helium Impedances (1/12) - 1070-315
• Exhaust O-Ring Damage Causing Leaks into the Helium Bath (12/11) - 1500-225
• Power Failures and Condensation on the SVSM (10/11) - 1500-224
• Quantum Design's Printer Recommendations (10/09) - 1014-301
• Installation Requirements: Quantum Design MPMS SQUID VSM System (3/09) – 1500-005
• Installation Requirements: Quantum Design MPMS SQUID VSM EverCool System (3/09) – 1507-005
• Nitrogen Exhaust Plugged (5/08) – 1500-203

• Getting Started with Visual Basic Scripting in MultiVu   (Zip File of Training Sequences) (1/12) - 1070-209
• SVSM Measurement Best Practices Amplitude: "Going Big" (5/11) – 1500-013
• VSM Sample Mounting Techniques (11/10) - 1096-306
• Accuracy of the Reported Moment: Sample Shape Effects (11/10) – 1500-015
• High Temperature AC Measurements in the SVSM (8/10) – 1505-001
• SVSM User Training and Example Sequences (Zip File of Training Sequences) (7/10) – 1500-012
• Accuracy of the Reported Moment: Axial and Radial Sample Positioning Error (6/10) – 1500-010
• Using SQUID VSM Superconducting Magnets at Low Fields (5/10) – 1500-011
• Description of SVSM Measurement Data File Columns (5/10) – 1500-008
• Mounting Samples Loosely Causes Moment Noise in VSM Measurements (5/10) – 1500-009

General System

• Routine Outdoor Helium Compressor Maintenance Instructions (11/11) - 1201-022
• In Response to a Planned Power Outage: PPMS EverCool II Shut Down and Re-Start Procedure (10/11) - 1099-412
• Sample Chamber Flooding: How to Lower the Consumption of Helium Gas (10/11) - 1099-411
• High Voltage Fuses Failure: Troubleshooting and Replacement (10/11) - 1099-410
• Quantum Design's Printer Recommendations (10/09) - 1014-301
• EverCool Maintenance on Outdoor Compressors (9/09) - 1099-206
• Backup Power for Model 6000 Memory (2/08) - 1014-827
• Bent Pins Inside the Sample Chamber (2/08) - 1070-311
• Overheating of the Red Lemo Magnet Connector Cable (3/06) - 1070-206
• In Response to a Power Outage: PPMS with MultiVu and PPMS EverCool (2/06) - 1078-300
• Initial Cool Down of the EverCool Dewar (9/04) - 1095-308
• Configuration Download Instructions (4/04) - 1070-803
• Upgrading National Instruments 488.2 Drivers from Version 1.70 to 2.10 (1/04) - 1070-811
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide for Customer's Computers (11/03) - 1014-826
• Helium Transfer for PPMS; First-time Fill (7/03) – 1070-602
• Helium Transfers on the Cold Dewar (1/01) - 1070-601

Tests and Procedures for Electronics Cabinet

• Installing the H-plate Magnet Power Supply (6/01) - H-plate
• Test of Internal Flow Sensors (1/01) - 1070-303
• Testing the Neck and Block Drivers (1/01) - 1070-304
• Diaphragm Pump Rebuild and Upgrade (11/00) - 1085-301

Tests and Procedures for Probe

• Recommendations for Avoiding Blocked Helium Impedances (1/12) - 1070-315
• Verifying the Calibration of the Magnetic Field in the PPMS (11/05) - 1084-309
• Replacing the Sample Chamber (1/01) - 1070-307
• Testing the Neck and Block Heater Resistances (1/01) - 1070-305
• PPMS Test for a Plugged Impedance (5/99) - 1070-306

Tests and Procedures for Options

• Operating Guidelines for the Motor Module used for VSM (6/10) - 1096-307
• Changing the Vibration Frequency of the VSM (6/10) - 1096-304
• Cleaning the ACMS Coilset for Optimal Data (6/04) - 1084-303
• Changing the EPROM for the Turbo-Pump Controller in the Helium-3 Option (4/04) - 1092-204
• Modifying Cryopumps Installed with EverCool Systems (02/04) - 1083-201
• Cautions for Working with ACMS Coilsets at High Temperatures (6/03) - 1084-308
• Cleaning the ACMS Sample Transport Assembly (11/00) - 1084-601
• Installation Verification Procedure for the Horizontal Rotator Option (11/00) - 1384-701

General System

• Getting Started with Visual Basic Scripting in MultiVu   (Zip File of Example Macros) (1/12) - 1070-209
• Method for Ensuring Monotonic Cooling of Samples to Temperatures near 2K in the PPMS (6/11) - 1070-300
• Magnet Charging Guidelines in the PPMS® (8/09) - 1070-208
• Using PPMS Superconducting Magnets at Low Fields (6/09) - 1070-207
• Stray Magnetic Fields and Quantum Design Cryostats (1/08) - 1070-204
• Magneto-Resistance Calibration Wizard for Cernox Thermometers on the User Bridge (2/06) - 1078-202
• Reading and Creating Calibration Tables for Sensors (1/06) - 1070-808
• Interfacing Third Party Instruments to the PPMS Software Environment (4/02) - 1070-202
• Magnetic Force Bending PPMS Probe Causes Temperature Control Problems (6/01) - AR10
• Cause and Effects of Common-Mode Leakthrough (11/00) - 1584-201
• Distorted Low-Level Signal Readback of AC Signals in the PPMS in the Temperature Range 25-35 K due to Inconel Mitigation of Inductive Cross Talk (7/00) - AR04
• Inductive Cross-Talk during Alternating Current Measurements: Guidelines for Sensitive Measurements (5/99) - 1584-202

Heat Capacity

• PPMS Vertical Puck (1/11) – 1085-156
• Improved Method for Determining Heat Capacity in Large Magnetic Fields (1/04) - 1085-154
• Anomalously Low Heat Capacity Below 1K (5/02) - 1085-151
• Non-smooth Specific Heat Between 200 K and 300 K due to Anomalous Specific Heat of Apiezon N-grease (5/02) - 1085-152
• The Heat Capacity of the Addenda is a Function of Magnetic Field Below 10 Kelvin (6/01) - AR01
• Scatter in Heat Capacity Data Below 2 K Due to Vibration of Heat Capacity Platform (6/01) - AR09
• Oscillations in the PPMS Heat Capacity Measurements with Helium-3 in a Magnetic Field (6/01) - AR03
• Helium Cryopumped on Heat Capacity Sample Causes Peak in Low Temperature Heat Capacity (6/01) - AR02

ACMS

• Measurement of Electrical Resistivity Without Contact Using the ACMS Option (12/09) - 1084-306
• Format of ACMS Measurement Data Files (08-08) - 1084-311
• ACMS DC Analysis Centering Techniques: Linear vs. Nonlinear Mode (06/06) - 1084-310
• Using the ACMS Coil Set with an Antistatic Shield (06/04) - 1084-202
• AC Susceptibility (12/02) - 1078-201
• The ACMS Image Effect (11/00) - 1084-305

AC Transport

• Format of AC Transport Measurement Data Files (1/09) - 1084-403
• AC Transport "Constant Current" vs. "Low Impedance" Modes (6/07) - 1084-402

Resistivity

• Using the PPMS Resistivity Option in Voltage Mode (8/10) - 1076-303
• Performing Van der Pauw Resistivity Measurements (3/07) - 1076-304

VSM

• VSM Sample Mounting Techniques (11/10) - 1096-306
• Sample Centering and Temperature-Dependent Magnetization Measurements using the PPMS® VSM (6/10) - 1096-305
• Mounting Samples Loosely Causes Moment Noise in VSM Measurements (9/04) - 1096-303
• Performing VSM Measurements in PPMS High-Field (14-T or Higher) Magnets (11/03) - 1096-301

EverCool™

• Magnet Ramping Guidelines for an EverCool Dewar (3/05) - 1099-205

Custom Measurements

• Magnetometry by Means of Hall Micro-Probes in the Quantum Design PPMS (2/08) - 1084-701

• Quantum Design's Printer Recommendations (10/09) - 1014-301

Tests and Procedures for Options

• Operating Guidelines for the Motor Module used for VSM (6/10) - 1096-307
• Changing the Vibration Frequency of the VSM (6/10) - 1096-304

General System

• Getting Started with Visual Basic Scripting in MultiVu   (Zip File of Example Macros) (1/12) - 1070-209

VSM

• Sample Centering and Temperature-Dependent Magnetization Measurements using the PPMS VSM (6/10) - 1096-305
• VSM Sample Mounting Techniques (11/10) - 1096-306
• Mounting Samples Loosely Causes Moment Noise in VSM Measurements (9/04) - 1096-303

Heat Capacity

• PPMS Vertical Puck (6/10) – 1085-156
• Non-smooth Specific Heat Between 200 K and 300 K due to Anomalous Specific Heat of Apiezon N-grease (5/02) - 1085-152

• Coupling Magnetic Signals to a SQUID Amplifier (10/01) - 1052-202

• QD TeamViewer (.zip file, 3.9MB)

• MPMS Probe
• PPMS Probe
• PPMS 14 tesla probe
• MPMS & PPMS® classic style console cabinets

Issue 8, Quantum States Fall 1999

• QD releases the Helium-3 System option for the PPMS
• QD releases the MPMS EverCool System

Issue 7, Quantum States Spring 1998

• Measurements of Electrical Resistivity without Contact Using the ACMS
• Quantum Design Releases Heat Capacity Option for PPMS

Issue 6, Quantum States Spring 1997

• A High Sensitivity Tool: The Miniaturized Piezoresistive Torque Magnetometer
• NSF's MRS BC Program: An Experiment in New Ways of Conducting Materials Research

Issue 5, Quantum States Fall 1995

• Thermal Wave Susceptometry & Contactless Magnetometry Using the Sample Illumination System for the MPMS
• Interview with Dr. Neal Lane

Issue 4, Quantum States Winter 1994

• Subtracting the Sample Holder from Diluted Samples
• Interview with John Clem
• Single-Sided NMR

The following issues are available from Quantum Design upon request:

Issue 3, Quantum States Summer 1993

• Interview with Dr. John Gibbons
• NMR-NOR Systems with SQUID Detection
• MPMSAlgorithms: How to Choose the Right One

Issue 2, Quantum States Fall 1992

• Hysteresis in M vs. T
• Novel Applications of DC SQUID Systems
• Interview with John Hopps
• Interview with Art Ramirez

Issue 1, Quantum States Summer 1992

• AMPP Funding
• Profile: Jim Thompson