Solid State Physics Laboratory

Imagen equipment by default
Kind of infrastructure
Platforms/Labs
Typology
Materials / solid state / nuclear physics
University
Torino (UNITO)
Application / Industrial sector
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Space
Location
Department
Department of Physics
Features
Equipment list
LAB-0148 Clean room class 10,000 with controlled atmosphere
- Area of 42m2
- Equipped with ""pass-box"" for the transfer of material and samples
- Focused UV laser beam scanning photolithography

LAB-0149 Chambers for the thermal processing of materials in a controlled atmosphere

LAB-0150 Focused ND-YAG pulsed power laser with motorized stage
- Infrared (1064nm), visible (532nm) or ultraviolet (355nm) emission
- Pulse duration 6ns
- Maximum energy per pulse 0.6 mJ (corresponding power: 100 kW)

LAB-0151 Confocal photoluminescence microscope with laser sources
- Excitation wavelengths: 515 and 635 nm
- Single photon sensitive photodiode detectors

LAB-0152 Various Instrumentation - Solid State Physics
- Helium and liquid nitrogen cryostats
- Scanning electron microscope
- Multielemental ion implanter - 100keV (in the process of being acquired)
- High-brightness microfocus X source
- Infrastructure for X-ray imaging (radiographs / tomography) and irradiation of materials
- Spectrometer for the characterization of the reflectance of materials (FORS)
- Apparatus for thermoluminescence measurements
- Double anode X-ray photoelectronic spectroscope (XPS) with monochromator and ion cannon for sample preparation
- Liquid helium recirculation cryostat for low temperature optical measurements
Available measurements
APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
- Electronic characterization of semiconductor and superconducting materials in controlled temperature
- Functionalization by thermal processes, ion implantation
- Micro-structuring by pulsed laser
- X-ray compatibility tests
- Surface chemical / compositional analysis by XPS spectroscopy
- Non-destructive characterization (X-rays)
- Dating by thermoluminescence
- Optical measurements in photoluminescence at very low light intensities
Price list
Rates are defined according to specific requests.
Possibility of on-site measurements
It is possible to access the infrastructure by reservation, accompanied by authorized staff, and / or send samples for analysis (without directly accessing the structure). The technical feasibility of the request is evaluated and the experiments.
Contact
Person name
Ettore VITTONE
Email
ettore.vittone@unito.it