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AMOLF hosts the Amsterdam nanoCenter, a facility for nanofabrication and nanocharacterization. It provides the following instruments:
  • Cleanroom
    - electron beam pattern generator (EBPG)
    - mask aligner for optical lithography
    - plasma etching system
    - chemical bench for organic processes, including spin coater and baking system
    - chemical bench for inorganic etch processes
    - surface profilometer
    - inspection microscope
  • Optical tweezers
  • High-resolution scanning electron microscope with EDX, EBSP and cathodoluminesence imaging spectroscopy
  • Rutherford backscattering spectrometry
  • Spectroscopic ellipsometer
  • Atomic force microscope
  • Thin-film evaporation tools
  • Rapid thermal annealing furnace
  • Tube furnace

In addition, the Photonic materials group maintains a laboratory for nanophotonic characterization

  • Near-field scanning optical microscope / confocal microscope / AFM combination (visible, infrared)
  • Confocal imaging photoluminescence microscopy, with lifetime imaging (visible, infrared)
  • Ar laser, tunable Ti:sapphire laser, tunable 1.5 micron laser, high power 1480 nm pump lasers, frequency-doubled-YAG laser, semiconductor lasers, broadband light sources
  • Ge detectors, visible and IR PMTs
  • Cryostat (12-400 K)
  • Photon counting techniques
  • Piezo-electric waveguide coupling set-up

last updated:  12-11-06