Solid State NMR Physics Laboratory

We report on the progress of the newly developed physics laboratory at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW). This laboratory is the first physics research laboratory at this institution. It includes a new solid state NMR experimental setup. The experimental setup is comprised of a 400 MHz variable temperature, cryogen free, superconducting magnet manufactured by Cryogenic. It also includes a Tecmag Redstone NMR Spectrometer. This spectrometer is very flexible and therefore many different samples may be analyzed. Field calibration was conducted by using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) with liquid D2O. This allowed for successfully tracking the Te NMR signal of an iron-chalcogenide FeTeSe sample. The superconducting transition of different purity iron-chalcogenide FeTeSe samples will be analyzed in detail.