Aharonov-Casher Effect Experimental Method
Making the Specimen Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7- )
Making the Specimen Crushing old YBCO specimens Crushing old YBCO specimens
Making the Specimen Crushing old YBCO specimens Crushing old YBCO specimens Filling die with YBCO powder Filling die with YBCO powder Add ethanol Add ethanol Compress in vice Compress in vice
Making the Specimen Crushing old YBCO specimens Crushing old YBCO specimens Filling die with YBCO powder Filling die with YBCO powder Add ethanol Add ethanol Compress in vice Compress in vice Sinter Sinter
Making the Specimen Crushing old YBCO specimens Crushing old YBCO specimens Filling die with YBCO powder Filling die with YBCO powder Add ethanol Add ethanol Compress in vice Compress in vice Sinter Sinter Cut & Polish Specimen Cut & Polish Specimen
Finished Specimen
Experiments Testing Superconductivity (AC Resistivity)
Experimental Setup Helium Fridge Specimen “Cold Finger”
Experimental Setup Selectable Resistor (1kΩ) Cathode Ray Oscilloscope Ammeter Lock-in Amplifier Function Generator Voltage Source Computer
Testing Circuit Diagram Specimen Lock-In Amp AC Voltage VoltageSenseMeter CurrentSenseMeter Thermocouple
Results
Experiments Aharonov-Casher Effect
Experimental Setup
Selectable Resistor (1kΩ) Cathode Ray Oscilloscope Ammeter Voltage Source Computer Ramp Generator
Circuit Diagram Voltage Ramp & 1000µF Capacitor DC Voltage & Resistor LeCroy Oscilloscope “Cold Finger”
Measuring The Effect Charge “ramp” in centre Causes frequency in V/A Analysed by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
Measuring The Effect
LeCroy Dual-Oscilloscope Real-time FFT Difference between Saved & average Averaged FFT Saved FFT
Possible Solutions Noise-free environment Noise-free environment More accurate voltage ramp More accurate voltage ramp Use thin film sample Use thin film sample Better capacitance calculation Better capacitance calculation