| Facility Usage Links: | |
|---|---|
| Facility | Link |
| Ion Beam Laboratory: Beam Time Request (BTR) | https://iopb.res.in/~iopaf |
| Electron Microscopy User Time Request | https://iopb.res.in/~tem_iopb/temrequest.html |
| Following are the experimental facilities available at IOP. | |
| Facility | Contact |
| I. Ion Beam Facilities: | |
| 3.0 MV Pelletron Accelerator (NEC-make) – MCSNICS ion source Ion Beam Laboratory: Beam lines for RBS/Channeling, ERDA (End Station from NEC), PIXE, Implantation, and AMS are available | iopaf@iopb.res.in shikha@iopb.res.in |
| 50 keV Low Energy Ion implanter – SNICS ion source | iopaf@iopb.res.in shikha@iopb.res.in |
| Focused Ion Beam (FIB) (Zeiss-make): 2 keV – 30 keV (in combination with FEGSEM) | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| Low Energy Broad Beam Ion Source (Tectra GmbH-make): 50 eV – 2 keV for ion etching work (ion source coupled with Prevac-make chamber) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| II. Microscopy Facilities: | |
| 200 keV Transmission Electron Microscope (Jeol, Ultra high resolution), PP resolution: 0.19 nm Link: https://iopb.res.in/~tem_iopb | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| 2 – 30 keV Field Emission Gun based Secondary Electron Microscope with FIB attachment. Best resolution: 1.2 nm; attachment: EDS, GIS, Liftout, Raith Lithography Link: https://iopb.res.in/~em_iopb | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| UHV–STM (this is an integral part of Omicrom MBE system) Link: https://iopb.res.in/~mbe | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| Scanning Probe Microscopes (VEECO-make) Link: https://iopb.res.in/~shikha/afm.html | shikha@iopb.res.in |
| Large-area, High-precision Atomic Force Microscope (Asylum Research-make) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| III. Spectroscopy Facilities: | |
| X-Ray photoelctron Spectroscopy Facility (VG Scienta-make) Link: https://iopb.res.in/~shikha/xps.html | shikha@iopb.res.in |
| Angle Resolved UPS facility (Omicron GmbH-make) | sekhar@iopb.res.in |
| Ti:sapphire laser based up-conversion system (CDP-make) | dinesh.topwal@iopb.res.in |
| He-Cd laser (Kimon Koha-make) based Photoluminescence System (Edinburgh Instruments-make) with low temperature facility (Oxford Instruments-make) | dinesh.topwal@iopb.res.in |
| UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu-make) | |
| Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) (Thermo Nicole-make) | |
| IV. Thin Film Growth Facilities: | |
| CVD set-up (indigenously built) | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| HV thin film deposition unit (Hind Hivac-make) | |
| UHV e-beam evaporation (Telemark-make 2×5.5 KW guns integrated with Excel Instruments-make UHV chamber) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| DC/RF magnetron sputtering (Excel Instruments-make coupled with Advanced Energy-make pulsed DC and RF power supplies) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) with RHEED, STM, 3 Knudsen Cells for evaporation of Ge, Au and Ag; e-beam evaporator (Omicron GmbH-make) | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| Low Energy Cluster Beam deposition (LECBD) machine (indigenously built) | |
| V. X-ray Based Analyzing Methods: | |
| Powder Diffractometer (Bruker-make) | dinesh.topwal@iopb.res.in |
| High-resolution XRD system with reciprocal space mapping (Bruker-make) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| 18 kW Rotating Anode based X-ray Reflectometry and X-ray Standing wave facility (with Rigaku-make X-ray system and a Huber-make 4-circle difrractometer) | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| X-ray Fluorescence set-up | |
| VI. Other Facilities: | |
| Chemical Labs (with ductless fumehood (Esco-make), centrifuge, LB film deposition set-up (Nima-make), Spin coater, Milli Pore Water purifiers, LCR Meter) | |
| Furnaces: Rapid Thermal Annealing Unit, Low Vacuum Furnace | |
| Surface Profilometer (Ambios-make) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| Cyclic Voltameter set-up (Ecochemie B.V.-make) | shikha@iopb.res.in |
| New Facilities: | |
| SQUID–VSM based MPMS System (Quantum Design-make) | squidvsm@iopb.res.in |
| Pulsed laser deposition unit (Coherent GmbH-make laser coupled with Excel Instruments-make chamber and optics) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| Low energy Ion Milling Station | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| Probe-station, Transport Facilities | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| High temperature Furnaces (in high vacuum) (MTI-make) | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| Plasma Cleaner | satyam@iopb.res.in |
| PPMS System | dinesh.topwal@iopb.res.in |
| Spectral Response Set-up | tsom@iopb.res.in |
| Confocal Microscope (with micro-Raman spectrometer option) | shikha@iopb.res.in |