Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy uses the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter to characterize optical, thermal, mechanical and electronic properties of materials. The MRL facilities include conventional, state-of-the-art spectroscopic tools in addition to techniques and instrumentation developed in house.
Spectroscopy Equipment
| Equipment Name | Contact | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Name | Contact | Location | |
| Thermo Nicolet iS50 FTIR |
|
0024 Supercon |
The Thermo Nicolet iS50 Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectrophotometer is equipped to measure transmission, specular and diffuse reflection, diffuse transmission, and attenuated total reflection (ATR) in the mid-IR. Ranges vary for different accessories within 400 cm-1 to 7800 cm-1. FT-Raman can be measured with an excitation of 1064 nm. |
| Two-Color Time Domain Thermoreflectance - TRMOKE |
|
0024 Supercon |
This equipment was funded through the Illinois MRSEC, NSF Award Number DMR-2309037. TDTR is a modality of femtosecond pump/probe spectroscopy. It is used to observe optically-induced changes in optical properties on a 100’s of fs time-scale. |
| Oriel Solar Simulator |
|
148 MRL |
This ABB solar simulator provides uniform illumination over an area of 2” x 2” at an output of 1 SUN. |
| Zeiss LSM7 Live Confocal Fluorescence Microscope |
|
0014 Supercon |
The Zeiss LSM 7 Live confocal fluorescence line-scanning microscope is a fast imaging system capable of 120 frames per second at 512 x 512 pixels, which enables analyzing high-speed processes with a time resolution of a few microseconds. |
| Newport Solar Simulator |
|
148 MRL |
Measures I-V curves under solar spectrum or monochromatic illumination. |
| OL 750 Spectroradiometer |
|
148 MRL |
The OL 750 is a spectroradiometric measurement system for internal and external quantum efficiencies (IQE, EQE). It is equipped with a white light bias accessory that allows solar cells' active area to be brought up to a typical operating energy level while simultaneously measuring the spectral response. |
| SLM/ISS Fluorometer |
|
148 MRL |
Measures photo-excited fluorescence of liquid samples. Excitation ranges from 200 nm to 800 nm. Emission between 200 nm and 900 nm. Samples can be heated or cooled from -20°C to 100°C. |
| Neaspec Nano IR-NIM AFM, SSNOM |
|
0022 Supercon |
Chemical information from FTIR near-field reflection imaging and topographic characterization with 20 nm spatial resolution |
| Nanophoton Raman 11 |
|
0022 Supercon |
Fast high-resolution confocal Raman/PL microscopy with excitation at 532 nm and 785 nm. |
| Varian Cary 5G and Agilent Cary 5000 |
|
148 MRL |
The Cary spectrophotometers are able to do measurements of transmission and reflection in the UV, visible, and near-IR (190 nm to 3300 nm). Modes of measurement include transmission, absolute specular reflection, integrated total fluorescence, diffuse transmission (190 nm to 2500 nm), diffuse reflection, and combined diffuse reflection and transmission (190 nm to 2500 nm). |
| Time-Domain Thermoreflectance |
|
0024 Supercon |
TDTR is a modality of femtosecond pump/probe spectroscopy. It is used to observe optically-induced changes in optical properties on a 100’s of fs time-scale. Primarily applied to study thermal properties of thin films and across interfaces, our two custom-built instruments, have accessories to allow for time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr-effect measurements. These instruments are based on Spectra-Physics Tsunami ultrafast Ti:sapphire lasers. |
| Time-Resolved Photoluminescence |
|
0024 Supercon |
Enables time-resolved measurements of luminescent emission spectra upon photoexcitation (fluorescence and phosphorescence) to determine the lifetime of emitting states with single photon sensitivity and < 1 ns temporal resolution. Several excitation wavelengths are available in the range from 380 nm to 900 nm. |
| Horiba XploRA-nano TERS/TEPL |
|
0022 Supercon |
This equipment was funded through the Illinois MRSEC, NSF Award Number DMR-2309037. The XploRA PLUS Raman Microscope head-based tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and tip enhanced photoluminescence (TEPL) from Horiba, Inc. is a fully integrated TERS/TEPL system based on SmartSPM state of the art scanning probe microscope (SPM) and XploRA Raman micro-spectrometer. |
| Molecular Vista PiFM-Raman |
|
0022 Supercon |
The Vista One PiFM-Raman microscope from Molecular Vista enables nano-IR measurements with very high resolution (~10nm lateral resolution for mapping and spectroscopy) in the wavenumber range 1908 - 752 cm-1. |
| Photoluminescence / Raman |
|
0024 Supercon |
Measures luminescent emission spectra upon photoexcitation (fluorescence and phosphorescence) and Raman scattering. Our custom-built experimental setup has discrete excitation wavelengths available in the range from 266 nm to 1050 nm. It allows for measurements from 4.2 K to 300 K using a liquid He bath cryostat. |
| J.A. Woollam VASE |
|
148 MRL |
For spectroscopic ellipsometry. - Measure optical constants and thickness of multilayers or bulk materials, as well as reflectance and transmission as a function of angle of incidence, polarization, and wavelength. - Wavelength range: 240 nm to 1700 nm; - Angle of incidence: 12° to 90°; Temperature: 10 K to 700 K |