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Microwave Measurements
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Probe Station-40 GHz
Magnet: GMW 5403
Max. 2 Tesla 
Room Temperature

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Cryo Probe Station-40 GHz
Magnet: NdFeB Halbach Array
Fixed 0.97 Tesla
Temperature Range: 10-400 K

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Probe Station-60 GHz
Magnet: NdFeB Halbach Array
Full 3D control of field angle
Room Temperature

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Probe Station-40 GHz
Magnet: GMW 5201
Max. 0.3 Tesla (3D control)
Room Temperature

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Electronics
R&S FSV (40 GHz) Spectrum Analyzer
R&S FSL (18 GHz) Spectrum Analyzer
R&S SMB (40 GHz) Signal Source
Agilent E5071B (8.5 GHz) VNA R&S RTO 1044 (4 GHz, 20 GSa/s) Oscilloscope,LeCroy 825Zi (45 GHz, 120GS/s) Oscilloscope SR830

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Probe Station-60 GHz
Rotatable Magnet: GMW 3470
Max. 1 Tesla
Room Temperature




Ferromagnetic Resonance
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NanOsc PhaseFMR
Frequency Range: 2-17 GHz
Magnet: GMW 3470
 Max. 1 Tesla
Room Temperature

Magnetometry
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PMC AGM
Alternating gradient magnetometer


Optics
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MOKE
Magneto optical Kerr Effect
Broadband Laser: 450-1100 nm
Magnet:
Max. 0.5 Tesla
Janis Optical Cryostat (5-400 K) (not shown)

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µ-BLS
micro-focused Brillouin light scattering 
Spatial Resolution: 250 nm
Magnet: Custom Design
Max. 1 Tesla perp. field



Deposition/Nanofabrication
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Dual Chambers-AJA Sputtering Systems

DC and RF Sputtering

15 Sputtering Guns

Substrate Heater: 850 C

+/-0.5% uniformity over 4-inch wafer

Access to the MC2 Cleanroom
Micromagnetic simulations
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Configuration 1:

2 x GTX 690:
  • 2 x 1536 cores
  • 2 x 2Gb RAM

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Configuration 2:

1 GTX 690:
  • 1536 cores
  • 2 Gb RAM

1 GTX TITAN:
  • 2688 cores
  • 6 Gb RAM

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