Oxford Instruments plc and Zurich Instruments AG have announced joint technical collaboration for low temperature physics. The joint technical collaboration is primarily focused on demonstrating how the efficiency of combining equipment from both companies results in reduced time between installation and measurement. The collaboration will yield a series of joint application notes featuring low temperature measurement techniques and applications.

The two companies will also exchange technical expertise in order to improve their customer support for the low temperature community. Both companies are devoted to the objective of managing the increasing complexity and costs of low temperature research. This collaboration continues to demonstrate the versatility of Oxford Instruments' OptistatDry Cryofree cryostat for optical and electrical applications.

The OptistatDry comprises a range of compact cryostats with outstanding optical access, fast set-up and fast sample change, cooled by a closed cycle refrigerator. Covering the frequency range between DC and 500 kHz or, alternatively, up to 5 MHz, the MFLI ideally targets low temperature communities providing signal generation and measurement analysis all within its LabOne software environment, resulting in an improved understanding of the signal quality during the course of their measurements.