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Embedding Impurities into Solid Helium

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We have developed a new technique to imbed impurities in solid 4He. It consists in injecting helium gas mixed with the impurity on the top surface of Helium liquid-solid interface, with the solid continuously moving downwards by pumping at the bottom of the cell. Due to the large temperature gradient, sedimentation occurs through the thin (1–2 mm) upper layer of liquid helium. We achieved a guest-particle density of 3 ⋅ 1019 per cm3 and a doped crystal growth rate of 0.05 mm/s. The possibilities of this novel method for matrix isolation spectroscopy as well as for quantum crystal studies are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russian Federation

    E. B. Gordon

  2. Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    A. Usenko & G. Frossati

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Gordon, E.B., Usenko, A. & Frossati, G. Embedding Impurities into Solid Helium. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 130, 15–23 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021841217179

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