Key Equipment - University of Birmingham

Characterisation

Lasers and other sources

Equipment	Specifications
Mai Tai ultrafast Ti:Sapphire laser + Inspire OPO fs laser	Wavelength: signal: 490-750 nm, Idler: 930-2500 nm, Fundamental: 690-1040 nm Max Power: signal: 350 mW, Idler: 170 mW, Fundamental: 1000 mW Repetition Frequency: 80 MHz Pulse duration: 200 fs
Fianium supercontinuum SC450 laser (2x)	Wavelength: 490 nm - 1800 nm / 400 nm - 1750 nm (400 nm - 700 nm with AOTF) Max Power: 500 mW / 6 W Repetition Frequency: 80 MHz / 20 MHz
Thorlabs Fabry-Perot Quantum Cascade Laser	Wavelength: 4550 nm Max Power: 200 mW
Cobolt Rumba 1064 nm CW laser	Wavelength: 1064 nm Max Power: 3.6 W
He – Ne CW laser	Wavelength: 632.8 nm Max Power: 5 mW
Thorlabs LDM405 Fabry-Perot CW laser diode	Wavelength: 405 nm Max Power: 4 mW
KIMMON KONA	Wavelength: 325 nm Max Power: 50 mW
IMPATT Diodes	Frequency: 142.2 and 292 GHz Max Power: 42.8 and 9.4 mW

Spectrometers and microscopes

Equipment	Specifications
Renishaw inVia Reflex Spectrometer System for confocal Raman spectral imaging	Visible excitation at 457nm, 532 nm, 633 nm and 785 nm Research Grade Leica microscope allowing confocal measurements
Vertex 70/70v FTIR spectrometer with HYPERION 1000 Microscope	Wavelength range: 300 nm - 30 µm Magnification: 4x, 15x
Andor SR-500 spectrometer with EMCDD/PMT	Wavelength range: 200 nm – 2000 nm
TERA K15 All fiber-coupled time-domain terahertz spectrometer	Frequency: 0.2 – 3 THz Dynamic range: >60 dB Maximum scan range: 350 ps Spectral resolution: >3 GHz THz imaging extension (planar scan) + ImageLab software Temperature-controlled (from ambient to circa 250°C) experiments of liquids and solids with SPECAC cells
Toptica TeraFlash Pro Dual (2 emitters + 2 detectors)	Frequency: 0.2 – 6.5 THz Peak dynamic range: >105 dB Maximum scan range: 2000 ps Spectral resolution: >0.5 GHz THz imaging extension (planar scan) Reflection head Purge box Near-field capability with Protemics TeraSpike TD-1550-X-HR-WT and TD-1550-X-HR-WT-XR Temperature-controlled (from ambient to circa 250°C) experiments of liquids and solids with SPECAC cells
Toptica TeraScan 1550 with tuning range extension	Frequency: DC – 3 THz Peak dynamic range: >100 dB Spectral resolution: >10 MHz Tuning speed: Up to 100 GHz/s Frequency accuracy: <2 GHz Reflection head
JEOL aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (AC-STEM)	Electron source: Schottky emitter 200/80 kV Resolution: 0.08 nm Specimen max size: standard TEM grid, 3.05 mm diameter, ~20 µm thickness
Scienta Omicron Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope	Ultra High Vacuum
Scienta Omicron Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope	Ultra High Vacuum

Vector network analysers

Equipment	Specifications
Keysight PNA-L N5234B	Maximum frequency: 43.5 GHz Dynamic range: 122 dB Spectral resolution: 1 Hz Used along with a XYZ-translation stage for near-field measurements
Keysight PNA-L N5232A	Maximum frequency: 20 GHz Dynamic range: 133 dB Spectral resolution: 1 Hz
HP 3585A Spectrum Analyzer	Frequency range: 20 Hz – 40.1 MHz Dynamic range: 80 dB Spectral resolution: 0.1 Hz

Miscellaneous

Equipment	Specifications
attoDRY800 closed-cycle cryostat integrated into optical table	Sample environment: cryogenic vacuum Sample space (diameter): 75 mm Ultra-low vibrations at cold plate: <5 nm (peak-to-peak@1500 Hz) Temperature range: 3.8 - 320 K Temperature stability: < 15 mK (peak-to-peak with thermally damped sample holder) Cooldown time: < 4.5 h to 5 K Base pressure in sample chamber: <5e-6 mbar 36 electrical contacts into sample area included (heat sunk @ 4 K)
Micromeritics TriStar II PLUS surface area analyser	Pressure measurement range: 0 to 950 mmHg with 0.05 mmHg resolution Specific surface area analysis: from 0.01 m2/g Total surface area analysis: from 0.1 m2 Pore volume analysis: from 4x10-6 cm3/g
TeraSense Tera-1024	Sensitivity optimized at 140 GHz Pixel size: 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm Noise Equivalent Power: 1 nW/√Hz
Ophir Pyrocam IV	Broadband sensitivity Pixel size: 75μm x 75μm Noise Equivalent Power: 13nW/√Hz/pixel (1Hz)
Spatial light modulator	Holoeye PLUTO Phase Only Spatial Light Modulator Wavelength range: 420 nm - 700 nm Resolution: 1920*1080 Pixel Patch: 8 µm
PSV-400 Scanning Vibrometer	Working distance: > 0.4 m to about 100 m Sample size: Several mm2 up to m2 range

Fabrication

Equipment	Specifications
Nanoscribe’s Photonic Professional GT+	3D lateral feature size (IP-Dip): ≤ 200 nm; typically 150 nm 2D lateral resolution (IP-Dip): ≤ 500 nm; typically 300 nm Vertical resolution (IP-Dip): ≤ 1000 nm; typically 800 nm Piezo range: 300×300×300 μm³ Writing speed piezo mode typ. 100 µm/s Accessible writing area: up to 100×100 mm²
DEKEMA 674S sinter oven	Vacuum operation Firing chamber 100 mm x 50 mm (diameter x height)
BOC EDWARD Physical Vapour Evaporation System	Chamber dimensions 50 cm x 50 cm x 70 cm Sputter up Source types: Au Deposition are: 5 mm x 10 mm
EMS150R S Rotary Pumped Sputter Coating System	Work chamber: Borosilicate glass 152mm Ø (inside) × 127mm height

Software and Computing

Members have access to a range of commercial CAD/CEM and in-house software, including:

Comsol Multiphysics
CST Studio
Ansys Optics (formely known as Lumerical)

In addition to access to BlueBEAR, the University supercomputer for high performance computing and high throughput computing, the Group has several local servers for solving complex electromagnetic problems with the above commercial software and to support the development of the in-house computational electromagnetics software.