The Lake Shore Blog

Discover the science behind lock-in amplifiers, their features, benefits, and real-world applications in various industries.

Offer a guide for researchers and engineers on what to look for when selecting a manufacturer: accuracy, calibration services, temperature range, reliability, and support. Use Lake Shore’s products as examples of meeting these criteria for demanding scientific environments.

Cryostat temperature specs vary significantly. Lake Shore’s offerings span from <2 K up to 800 K, depending on the series. This post explains how to match temperature requirements to experimental needs, including ultra-cold quantum research and high-temperature spectroscopy.

Newly published research references use of Lake Shore Model 8607 vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) for electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) study.

A recently published article in AIP Review of Scientific Instruments examines the performance of the M81-SSM system's hybrid lock-in amplifier technology.

To learn more about the seamless autoranging technique used by our M81-SSM system and its voltage measure (VM-10) module, read our new application brief.

Read this new Lake Shore Cryotronics application brief on how to better characterize 2D materials with significant contact resistance.

Learn how patents relating to the technology of our M81-SSM synchronous source measure system benefit material and device characterization applications.

Researching and evaluating lock-in amplifier types for purchase can be confusing. This new paper aims to simplify the selection and buying process.

Read our new app brief to learn about the typical noise performance for samples measured in our 8600 Series VSM with the SSVT variable temperature option.

This new guide provides a comprehensive overview of the critical factors to consider when selecting a research cryostat for your application.

This new app note discusses T-FORC measurement techniques and analysis, and presents results for a magnetocaloric alloy sample.

This guide examines the different types of noise (external vs. intrinsic noise) and possible strategies for mitigating the effects of external noise.

In these videos, we show measurement techniques for noise-rejection performance and both low- and high-resistance measurements using our M81-SSM system.

This video looks at the unique measurement capabilities of our M81-SSM synchronous source measure system for ultra-low noise, highly sensitive measurements.

Newly published paper references the use of our M81-SSM synchronous source measure system as part of antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological material research.

In this app note, we discuss the use of our 8600 Series VSM for measurements of low moment samples performed at both low and high temperatures.

This app note describes the fundamentals of acquiring and analyzing QHE data while demonstrating the ease of performing QHE measurements using our M81-SSM.

New application brief on variable temperature, 4-wire sheet resistance measurements using a Lake Shore probe station and synchronous source measure system

In this new paper, we discuss a few different strategies for dealing with the high cost of helium.