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Facilities

MAGNETOMETRY

SQUID Magnetometer - Quantum Design MPMS XL-5

5.0 T maximum field, 1E-8 emu sensitivity, AC susceptibility, vertical rotator, EverCool dewar, magnetotransport, high pressure

Magneto-optic Kerr Effect (MOKE)

Faraday Rotation

 

CRYSTAL GROWTH

Molecular Beam Epitaxy facilities

             MBE-I - sources - Ga, As, In, Al, Mn, Co, Cr, Mg, Ni

                          RHEED electron gun, RGA gas analyzer

             MBE-II - sources - Al, Mn, Co, Cr, Ti, V, Ni

Sputtering apparatus - DC/RF magnetron, three heads

 

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - Hitachi S-4800

Ultra-high Resolution, Field Emission SEM, EDAX Genesis 4000 X-ray chemical analysis system, Nabity E-beam lithography system

Instrument acquired by eMRI and sited in Egan 317

 

HIGH-FIELD MAGNETS

14 T Cryogen-free Superconducting Magnet

             Cryogenic Limited CFM-14T-50, 52mm room temperature bore

Magnetoresistance, Hall effect

 

CRYOSTATS

Cryogen-free Cryostat  - Cryo Industries REF-1052M-4K, T=5-300 K

He-4 and He-3 dewars

 

OPTICS - Spectroscopy

Raman, photoluminescence, absorption/reflectivity, nanosec optics