Microfluidic Chambers for Studies of Confined Superfluid He-3
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We have studied superfluid helium-3 (He-3) confined to submicron slab geometries inside nanofabricated, microfluidic chambers. Two separate techniques were used to study the He-3 inside the chambers; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and the torsional oscillator (TO). The NMR studies have shown a significant modification to the superfluid He-3 phase diagram as a result of the confinement, whereas the torsion pendulum studies have observed a decoupling of the fluid in the normal state, thus preventing study of the superfluid state so far. Microfluidic Chambers for Studies of Confined Superfluid He-3
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