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The following are some of the scientific instruments we are using for various kinds of steady state and transient optical/spectroscopic/electrical measurements as well as for the fabrication of different forms of samples (thin films etc.):   

* IR-Extended Near Infrared Photoluminescence Mapping System (up to 2.3micron) : Unprecedented and very useful for carbon nanotube research
* UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer
* Spectrofluorometer
* Si-CCD Camera system (for UV-Vis-NIR Multi-channel Light Detection)
* InGaAs Photodiode Array System (for luminescence measurement of single-wall carbon nanotubes)
* Raman Spectrometer (Micro and Macro) with a Liq N2 Cryostat   
* UV-Vis-NIR Constant Photon Flux Spectral Irradiation System
* UV-Vis-NIR Multi-channel Spectral Light Detection System Based on Si-Photodiode Array
* UV-Vis-NIR Spectral Light Detection System (single-channel) 
* NIR to mid-IR Light Detection System Based on FT-IR   
* Streak Camera System for Luminescence Decay Measurements   
   (Hamamatsu, Time Resolution: 5 ps)   
* Time of Flight Transient Photoconductivity Measurement System
(for Carrier Mobility Measurement) 
* STM/AFM System to Probe Nano-scale Optoelectronic Properties

* UHV Chamber with an Adapted Cryostat (20-473K) for Molecular Beam Deposition and in situ Optical/Electrical Measurements   
* 3 Optical Cryostats (20-473K, 10-473K, 1.6-500K, 77K-RT)
* 2 Vacuum Vapor Deposition Apparatuses (for metals and organic substances)
* Ultra-Centrifuge 200,000G Max (for purification/separation of carbon nanotubes)

* 80 fs Ti: Sapphire Laser (Spectra-Physics)  + SH/TH
* CW Ti:Sapphire Laser (700-1000nm) excited with Millenia (Spectra-Physics) 
* 300 ps N2/dye Laser System
* 10 ns YAG Laser + SH/TH/FH + OPO System
* CW Ar Ion Laser
* CW He-Cd Laser
* CW He-Ne Laser
* CW Semiconductor Laser (662nm, 785nm, 1300nm)  

* Other Standard Electrical Measurement Instruments   
  (Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Lock-in Amplifier, Electrometer, AC/DC Power Supply etc.)   



In addition, AIST has a number of advanced analytical instruments available for shared use such as FT-IR, XRD, NMR, ESR, SEM, TEM, XPS, UPS, etc. 
    
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