Located at MagLab headquarters near Florida State University in Tallahassee, the facility offers users the strongest, quietest, steady and slowly varying magnetic fields in the world, coupled with state-of-the-art instrumentation and experimental expertise.
The facility contains 14 resistive magnet cells connected to a 56 megawatt DC power supply and 15,000 square feet of cooling equipment to remove the heat generated by the magnets. The facility also includes several superconducting magnets operating at millikelvin temperatures. Among these instruments are several record holders, including the 45-tesla hybrid magnet, which offers scientists the strongest continuous magnetic field in the world. The research is supported by magnet plant and cryogenic system operators. Technicians design, build and repair instruments for user research. Scholar-scientists — world-class researchers with their own vibrant research interests — work directly with users to get the best measurements and data.
HOW TO APPLY
Our magnets are open to all scientists — for free — via a competitive process and we accept proposals throughout the year.
- Prepare documentation
A proposal and prior results report are required. - Create a user profile
Returning users simply need to log in. - Submit a request online
Upload files and provide details about the proposed experiment. - Report your results
By year’s end, submit a 1-page report and information on publications resulting from your experiment.
Please review the MagLab User Policies and Procedures before submitting your proposal and experiment or contact Facility Director Tim Murphy with questions. View User FAQs.
Latest Science Highlight
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Evidence Supporting BiPd as a Topological Superconductor
15 May 2019
The observation of topological states coupled with superconductivity represents an opportunity for scientists to manipulate nontrivial superconducting states via the spin-orbit interaction. While superconductivity has been extensively studied since its discovery in 1910, the advent of topological materials gives scientists a new avenue to explore quantum matter. BiPd is being studied using "MagLab-sized fields" by scientists from LSU in an effort to determine if it is indeed a topological superconductor.
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Featured Publications
Evidence Supporting BiPd as a Topological Superconductor, M. A. Khan, et al., Phys. Rev. B Rapid Commun., 99, 020507 (2019) See Science Highlight or Read online
Even denominator fractional quantum Hall states in monolayer graphene, A. A. Zibrov, et al., Nature Physics, 14, 930-935 (2018) See Science Highlight or Read online
Tunable Symmetry Breaking and Helical Edge Transport in a Graphene Quantum Spin Hall State, A.F. Young, et al., Nature, 505, 528–532 (2014) See Science Highlight or Read online
Hofstadter's butterfly and the fractal quantum Hall effect in moiré superlattices, C. R. Dean, et al., Nature, 497, 598-602 (2013) See Science Highlight or Read online
Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter Butterfly in a van der Waals Heterostructure, B. Hunt, et al., Science, 340 no. 6139 pp. 1427-1430 (2013) See Science Highlight or Read online
For more information
Contact DC Field Facility Director Tim Murphy or Fellow users who are experts on the use of DC Field Facility.