The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory operates an international user program for research in high magnetic fields. Our pulsed magnets and experimental capabilities are unique in the world and our ability to produce cutting edge science is a major attraction for LANL visitors.
After two decades of innovation, the Pulsed Field Facility has developed and maintained a set of numerous powerful pulsed magnets ranging from 50T to 100T, and up to the 300T Single Turn Magnet, of different pulse widths to support a wide variety of users.
"I think the Magnet Lab is a great place to do research, not only because of its unique resources, but also because you can breathe science in the air! Everything is arranged so that you keep sharing your perspectives and projects with the staff scientists, the postdocs, the students and the visiting users. The lab environment encourages the interaction between all the members, which I think is crucial for scientific productivity."
--Paula Giraldo-Gallo, Stanford University
HOW TO APPLY
Our magnets are open to all scientists — for free — via a competitive process and we accept proposals throughout the year.
- Prepare your 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.
Read the User Proposal Policy for complete guidelines contact Facility Director Chuck Mielke or User Program Director Jon Betts with questions.
Latest Science Highlight
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Atomic pantograph tunes magnetic ground state in a solid
16 February 2015
A novel approach combining pulsed field optical FBG strain measurements in world-class magnets, with Density Functional based calculations to pinpoint the peculiar nanopantograph mechanism behind the magnetoelastic coupling, allows researchers to conclude that magnetic field and pressure are alternative ways to tune the quantum properties of the Shastry-Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)2
Featured Publications
Bose-Einstein condensation in quantum magnets
V.S. Zapf, et al., Review of Modern Physics, 86, 153 (2014) Read online …
Normal-state nodal electronic structure in underdoped high-Tc copper oxides
S.E. Sebastian, et al., Nature, 2511, 61 (2014) Read online …
Transport near a quantum critical point in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2
J.G. Analytis, et al., Nature Physics, 10, 194 (2014) Read online …
Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate
K.A. Modic, et al., Nature Communications, 5, 4203 (2014) Read online …
For more information contact Pulsed Field Facility Director Chuck Mielke or User Program Director Jon Betts.