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Smooth driving of Mössbauer electromechanical transducers

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Quality of Mössbauer spectra is strongly related to the performance of source velocity modulator. Traditional electromechanical driving techniques demand hard-edged square or triangular velocity waveforms that introduce long settling times and demand careful driver tuning. For this work, the behavior of commercial velocity transducers and drive units was studied under different working conditions. Different velocity reference waveforms in constant-acceleration, constant-velocity and programmable-velocity techniques were tested. Significant improvement in spectrometer efficiency and accuracy was achieved by replacing triangular and square hard edges with continuous smooth-shaped transitions. A criterion for best waveform selection and synchronization is presented and attainable enhancements are evaluated. In order to fully exploit this driving technique, a compact microprocessor-based architecture is proposed and a suitable data acquisition system implementation is presented. System linearity and efficiency characterization are also shown.

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    A. Veiga & M. A. Mayosky

  2. Instituto de Física La Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina

    A. Veiga, N. Martínez, P. Mendoza Zélis, G. A. Pasquevich & F. H. Sánchez

  3. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina

    M. A. Mayosky & N. Martínez

  4. Facultad de Cs. Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    N. Martínez, P. Mendoza Zélis, G. A. Pasquevich & F. H. Sánchez

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Veiga, A., Mayosky, M.A., Martínez, N. et al. Smooth driving of Mössbauer electromechanical transducers. Hyperfine Interact 202, 107–115 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0342-4

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