Lab and Facilities

Laser systems

• Continuum Surelite III laser (Pulsed, 7-10ns, 0.9J/pulse @ 1064nm, 0.45J/pulse @ 532nm, 0.25J/pulse @ 355nm).
• Nd:YAG laser (Scimitar Laser & 2800): CW & QS modes, CW: 150W, QS: 1K~50KHz, 25mJ/pulse @1KHz,  5mJ@50KHz)

Deposition systems

• Pulse laser deposition
• Dip coater with temperature control
• Electrodeposition (Princeton Applied Research)

Mechanical Property & Microstructure Characterization

• High temperature high cyclic fatigue testing (up to 1270K)
• X-ray microdiffraction (Bruker D8 Discover super speed solution, smallest beam size: 10 micron)

Monitoring and Material Preparation apparatus

• CCD camera (10X to 92X)
• Electropolishing
• Magnetic stirrer
• Hot plate

Motion control

• Motored XYZ stage with resolution of 40nm.
• Imaging
• Optical Microscope (10X to 1600X)
• VEECO WYKO HD 3300