The use of high magnetic fields for the study of magnetism and superconductivity in intermetallic compounds

Author

Franse, J.J.M. ; de Boer, F.R. ; Frings, P.H. ; de Visser, A.

Author_Institution

Van der Waals Lab., Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1124

Lastpage

1129

Abstract

Magnetic fields have a large impact on the magnetic and superconducting properties of solids. High magnetic fields are required to reach magnetic saturation along a hard magnetic direction in a variety of rare-earth intermetallics, to break the ferrimagnetic moment configuration in specific 3d-4f intermetallics, to quench the strongly correlated electron states in heavy-fermion compounds, to reach the upper critical fields in several classes of superconductors, to study flux-pinning phenomena in the high-T_c superconductors, etc. In the present review, the attention is focused on the field interval 20-50 tesla. Experiments in this field range are the privilege of specialized high magnetic field laboratories. There is a lively activity in this area of research with the number of participating institutes continuously growing

Keywords

antiferromagnetic properties of substances; exchange interactions (electron); flux pinning; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic field effects; magnetoresistance; rare earth alloys; superconducting critical field; transition metal alloys; 20 to 50 T; 3d-4f intermetallics; critical fields; electron states; ferrimagnetic moment configuration; flux-pinning phenomena; hard magnetic direction; heavy-fermion compounds; high magnetic fields; high-T_c superconductors; intermetallic compounds; magnetic and superconducting properties; magnetic saturation; rare-earth intermetallics; superconductivity; Electrons; Ferrimagnetic materials; Intermetallic; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Saturation magnetization; Solids; Superconducting magnets; Superconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.312214

Filename

312214