Facilities
Laser lab
60m2 laser lab space with full blackout conditions and a total of 9 m2 floating optical table space.
Transient Microscopy infrastructure:
Nikon Eclipse TI-U Inverted Microscope
Piezo positioning stage (MCL Nano)
High resolution manual positioning stage (MCL)
Focal drift compensator (MCL C-Focus)
Fourier lens set-up for back-focal plane imaging.
Variable repetition rate ps-pulsed laser diode (Picoquant, 405 nm)
Time-correlated single-photon counting board (Picoquant, Picoharp 300)
Scanning APD for transient microscopy (MPD, PDM20)
SpectraPro HRS300 Imaging spectrograph with motorized entrance slit.
EMCCD camera (PI-MAX, Princeton Instruments).
coupled APD (MPD, PDM20) for time-resolved fluorescence
Polarization microscopy infrastructure:
Nikon Eclipse TI-U Inverted Microscope
Stepper motor positioning stage (Standa)
High resolution manual positioning stage (MCL)
Integrated motorized polarimeter for Stokes imaging (Standa)
NKT supercontinuum laser
Fourier lens set-up for back-focal plane imaging.
Acton 2350 Imaging spectrograph with motorized entrance slit.
CCD camera (PIXIS256, Princeton Instruments).
Coupled motorized dove prism for image rotation.
Wet lab
40 m2 wet lab facility with extensive anaerobic synthesis infrastructure.
Fume Hoods
Schlenk Line
Glove box with integrated spin coater and centrifuge
Plasma cleaner, sonicator, inspection microscopes
High-purity nitrogen distribution system
Mettler Toledo UV-Vis Spectrophotometer for cuvette and thin film samples (UV5Bio).