The "shim-a-ring" magnet: Configurable static magnetic fields using a ring magnet with a concentric ferromagnetic shim

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Nath, P ^a   Chandrana, C K ^a   Dunkerley, D ^a   Neal, J A ^a   Platts, D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD; PERMANENT MAGNET ASSEMBLIES; RING-SHAPED PERMANENT MAGNETS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRIANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; TUNABLE FIELD; UNIFORM FIELDS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

SHIMS;

EID: 84878362734     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807778     Document Type: Article

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