The laboratory has the fabrication capabilities to deposit thin films to perform photolithography, to do diffusion, oxidation and heat treating, and to make some bulk polycrystalline materials. Galvanomagnetic properties of semiconductors are studied using a galvanomagnetic effects apparatus and four-point probe. Excess carrier concentrations in semiconductors, may be optically induced and measured. Thermoelectric, ferroelectric, and magnetic susceptibility properties may be measured.
Equipment includes a magneto-optic ellipsometer and rotating sample magnetometer.
Diffusion, oxidation, and heat treating are achieved with a furnace system. Wet and dry oxidizing as well as reducing atmospheres are available in this system.