The core facilities of the laboratory are:

  • Dispersive spectrophotometer Cary 6000i Varian (0.18 – 1.8 μm) with accessories and integrated sphere option.
  • FTIR spectrophotometer Bruker IFS66/S with step-scan function (0.2 – 20 μm), micro-reflectometer for variable-angle (0.3 – 5 μm), ATR and SPR accessories.
  • Confocal microscope for fluorescence with Silicon and InGaAs CCDs, and pump lasers at 355, 405, 532, 635, 980, 1064 nm, tunable laser between 1.35 – 1.63 μm and supercontinuum source 0.4 – 1.7 μm.
  • Spectroscopic ellipsometer VASE Woollam (0.25 – 2.5 μm) with microprobe.
  • Solar simulator Abet technologies Sun 2000.
  • Calibrated radiometer Stellarnet (0.3 – 1.1 μm).
  • Atomic force microscope/STM Thermomicroscope Veeco.

Responsible: Franco Marabelli, Maddalena Patrini