EPJ Techn Instrum (2015) 2: 3
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-015-0014-x

Research Article

PPMS-based set-up for Raman and luminescence spectroscopy at high magnetic field, high pressure and low temperature

¹ KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ICT Materials Physics, Electrum 229, Kista, SE-164 40, Sweden
² Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
³ Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden
⁴ Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, Uppsala, SE-751 21, Sweden
⁵ Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 59, Moscow, 119333, Russia
⁶ Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 60-letiya Oktyabrya prospekt 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia
⁷ Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, 20015, DC, USA

^* e-mail: hudl@kth.se

Received: 3 October 2014
Accepted: 9 February 2015
Published online: 27 February 2015

Abstract

We present an experimental set-up permitting Raman and luminescence spectroscopy studies in a commercial Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS) from Quantum Design. Using this experimental set-up, gaseous, liquid and solid materials, in bulk or thin film form, may be investigated. The set-up is particularly suitable for the study of the spin-lattice coupling in strongly correlated oxide materials utilizing several different stimuli, e.g. magnetic and electric fields, high pressure and low temperatures. Details for the Raman extension, sample holder assembly and optical design, as well as data acquisition and measurement routine are described. Finally, we present exemplary results collected using the set-up, measured on reference materials, as well as on a correlated transition metal oxide.