FACILITIES

Cross-disciplinary interactions are enhanced by the physical surroundings.  Much of the research is housed in the modern Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories.  The laboratories in this environmentally controlled building are devoted primarily to research in areas of optical science and technology.  These world class research laboratories offer state-of-the-art equipment including a variety of novel laser systems (such as widely tunable, ultrafast lasers), materials growth and characterization facilities, optoelectronics device fabrication and characterization, UHV surface science laboratories, and supersonic molecular beam time-of-flight mass spectrometer systems.  Scientists also have access to Department and University diagnostic support facilities including, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy.