In Our Laboratory:

The 500 sq ft SUPERMAG Lab will house a dedicated cryostat as well as associated sample preparation tools.

Low Temperature Electrical Transport Cryostat from ICE Oxford. Optimized for measurement of superconducting devices and thin films at temperatures between 1.3K and 325K, and magnetic fields up to 8T.

Shared Research Facility:

We also have the access to a broad range of equipment in the shared research facility:
Analysis Research Service Center (ARSC)
Nanofabrication Research Service Center (NRSC)

In particular, we are heavy users of the following:

• AJA International Orion Sputtering System. Currently configured with 5 magnetron sputtering sources and plasma cleaning. Capable of sputtering onto heated substrates at temperatures up to 750ºCelsius.
• Rigaku SmartLab X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) configured for thin films.
• Clean room and nanofabrication. 2000 sq ft multi-user clean room facility for contact photolithography and maskless lithography with spinners, hot plates, microscopes, wet benches, etc. Electron-beam lithography (Nabity) and Helios NanoLab 400 DualBeam FE-SEM with focused ion beam (FIB) are also possible for device fabrication along with etching tools such as the Oxford ICP-RIE Plasmalab 180.
• Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS). With electrical transport and VSM options. Capable of 2K – 300K in standard configuration or down to 50 mK using the dilution refrigerator option.