Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.
Facilities
Faculty and students work with state-of-the-art, research-grade equipment, which includes the following:
- Class 1000 cleanroom for nano/micro-fabrication
- Scanning electron microscope with electron beam lithography capability (FEI Quanta, Nabity systems)
- Reactive ion etcher (RIE)
- Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system (PECVD)
- Time-correlated single photon counting system (TCSPC)
- Near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM)
- Multi-line 5 W coherent FreD INNOVA-90 Ar-ion laser
- Femtosecond amplified fiber laser 1064/532 nm with variable rep rate
- Time-resolved spectroscopy tools.
- Microwave lab
- Near infra-red, photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopic systems
- NdYAG lasers with second and third harmonic
- Triple (UV, Vis, NIR) grating monocromator for PL and Raman-scattering spectroscopy
- Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer
- Princeton X-ray analysis system
- ATOMICA 3000 SIMS/XPS system
- Superconducting magnet system, equipped for optical and transport measurements
- Solar simulator
- Plasma cleaner
- Spin coater
- Liquid crystal spatial light modulator