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High Q value Quartz Tuning Fork in Vacuum as a Potential Thermometer in Millikelvin Temperature Range

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The results of a newly developed pulse-demodulation (P-D) technique introduced to determine the resonant characteristics of a high Q value quartz tuning forks in vacuum and millikelvin temperature range are presented. Applying P-D technique to a standard 32 kHz quartz tuning fork with extremely low excitation energy of the order of a few femtojoules, we were able to measure the resonance frequency of the fork’s decay signal with resolution better than 10 \(\upmu \)Hz. Using this highly sensitive measurement technique, we found a continuous and reproducible temperature dependence of the tuning fork’s resonance frequency in the millikelvin temperature range. The observed dependence suggests a potential application for the quartz tuning forks to be used as thermometers in the millikelvin temperature range. We also discuss the physical origin of the observed phenomenon.

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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge support of APVV-14-0605, APVV-0515-10, VEGA 2/0157/14, ITMS 2622012005 - EXTREM and partially by FP7 228464 - MICROKELVIN - European Microkelvin Collaboration Platform (former project of 7. FP of EU - Microkelvin). Support provided by the US Steel Košice s.r.o. is also very appreciated.

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  1. Centre of Low Temperature Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics, SAS and P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001, Košice, Slovakia

    M. Človečko, M. Kupka, P. Skyba & F. Vavrek

  2. Department of Experimental Physics, Comenius University, 84248, Bratislava, Slovakia

    M. Grajcar, P. Neilinger & M. Rehák

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Človečko, M., Grajcar, M., Kupka, M. et al. High Q value Quartz Tuning Fork in Vacuum as a Potential Thermometer in Millikelvin Temperature Range. J Low Temp Phys 187, 573–579 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1696-4

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