Disposable sample holder for high temperature measurements in MPMS superconducting quantum interference device magnetometers

Abstract

A sample holder for high temperature (300 K<T<800 K) measurements in superconducting quantum interference device magnetometers is presented. It is fabricated using aluminum foil and it is appropriate for samples in either solid or powder form. The holder is homogeneous for the gradiometer coil, and this results in a contribution to the background signal that is below the instrument noise at any field (<10(-9) A m2 at mu(0)H=200 mT). Further it is inexpensive and simple to fabricate, and it can be considered as a disposable sample holder that avoids eventual contamination between different samples.