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Experiments

Below is an overview of all the measurements and beam times I've been on during my PhD thesis period, where they were done, and what the measurements were used for.

May 2012: RITA-II detwinning attempt

PSI, RITA-II neutron triple-axis spectrometer.

Attempted magnetic-field detwinning of sLSCO (x = 0.00, 0.09, 0.12).

June 2012: RITA-II interplanar correlations

PSI, RITA-II neutron triple-axis spectrometer.

Measured c-axis magnetic correlations in sLSCO x = 0.12 under magnetic field.

July 2012: OrientExpress crystal quality check

ILL, neutron Laue instrument OrientExpress.

Verification of single crystallinity in sLCO samples after superoxygenation.

November 2012: DMC reciprocal-plane mapping

PSI, DMC neutron powder diffractometer.

Reciprocal-space mapping of sLCO.

December 2012: SXD time-of-flight mapping

ISIS, SXD single-crystal diffractometer.

3D reciprocal-space mapping using neutron time-of-flight on sLCO sample.

April 2013: Gemini & Supernova laboratory X-ray mapping

STFC RAL, laboratory X-ray diffractometers.

Complementary reciprocal-space mapping using laboratory X-rays on sLCO sample.

May-July 2013: IN12 spin excitations

ILL, IN12 cold-neutron triple-axis spectrometer.

Measured spin fluctuations and incommensurate magnetic excitations in sLCO.

July 2013: DMC reciprocal-plane mapping

PSI, DMC neutron powder diffractometer.

Reciprocal-space mapping of sLSCO (x = 0.00, 0.06).

July 2013: TriCS Bragg and structural scans

PSI, TriCS single-crystal diffractometer.

Temperature-dependent Bragg peaks and integer (hkl) scans of sLSCO (x = 0.06).

November 2013: DMC reciprocal-plane mapping

PSI, DMC neutron powder diffractometer.

Reciprocal-space mapping of sLSCO (x = 0.06, 0.09).

December 2014: ID11 high-energy X-ray mapping

ESRF, ID11 beamline.

100 keV synchrotron X-ray reciprocal-space mapping for sLSCO (x = 0.00, 0.06).