• Equipment for synthesis

Crystal-growth Area U211

• 2x N₂ dry boxes (MBraun)
• 1x Ar dry box (MBraun)
• 6x Bridgman furnaces
• tantalum welding equipment

VIS/IR CW Laser Lab N326

• Nd:YVO₄-laser (Spectra Physics Millennia Xs)
• Ar-laser (Spectra Physics 2045-15)
• Ar-Laser (Ion Laser Technology, 5490ASL)
• Kr-laser (Coherent Innova 301-K)
• Ti:sapphire laser (Spectra Physics)
• cw dye-laser (Spectra Physics 375)
• 0.85 m double monochromator (Spex 1402)

Laser Test Lab N325

• tunable cw diode laser (SDL 8630) 797-820 nm
• Ar-laser (Spectra Physics 2045-15)
• Ti:sapphire laser (Spectra Physics)
• single monochromator (Spex 270M)
• CCD detector, 2000x800, back illuminated (Jobin Yvon - Spex, Spectrum-One)
• test setup for laser crystals (LN cooling)

NIR/VIS/UV Pulsed Laser Lab S455

• Nd:YAG (Quanta Ray DCR-3; SHG, THG)
• dye-laser (Lambda Physik 3002)
• Raman-shifter (Quanta Ray RS-1)
• 3/4 m single monochromator (Spex 1702)
• setup for transient transmission measurements

Detectors

• 1x InAs Hamamatsu P7163
• 2x PM RCA 31034 (cooled -30 C)
• 2x PM Hamamatsu R3310 (cooled -30 C)
• 2x Ge ADC 403L (LN cooled)
• 1x Ge ADC 403HS (LN cooled)
• div. PbS

Absorption, Excitation and Luminescence N323 and N324

• Cary 6000i (Varian)
• Cary 5e (Varian)
• home-built absorption spectometer: 100 W tungsten lamp; 0.85 m double monochromator (Spex 1401)
• FluoroMax spectrophotometer (Spex)
• FluoroLog spectrophotometer (Spex)

Cooling

• 3x closed cycle cryostat (Air Products, APD, ARS)
• bath cryostat (Oxford Instruments Optistat)
• bath cryostat with superconducting magnet (4 Tesla, Oxford Instruments SM4)
• He or N₂ gas flow tubes