IS2.1 Single crystal growth & substrates

Infrastructure:

VUV, UV, VIS and IR absorbtion and flourimetry spectrometry laboratory for organic liquid scintillators, wave length shifting materials, and liquid noble gas

Typical applications: characterization of organic, liquid noble gas liquid and solid scintillator materials for optical detectors in astro- and particle physics experiments 

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Lothar Oberauer
PI's field of research Astroparticle physics
Contact person Norbert Gärtner
Tel. +49 89 289 12513
E-Mail norbert.gaertner@tum.de
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Teststands for characterization of Germanium detectors in response to surface and bulk excitation with radioactive sources 

Typical applications: development of novel detector geometries to exploit topological information

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönert
PI's field of research Astroparticle physics
Contact person Tommaso Comellato
Tel. +49 89 289 12516
E-Mail tommaso.comellato@tum.de
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Czochralski crystal growth and post-growth facility for high-purity dielectric crystals

Typical applications: development of high-purity crystals for application as cryogenic detectors for dark matter search and coherent neutrino scattering

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönert
PI's field of research Astroparticle physics
Contact person Dr. Raimund Strauß
Tel. +49 89 289
E-Mail raimund.strauss@mytum.de
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UHV evaporation (electron gun) and sputtering systems for the production of high quality metal and dielectrical thin films

Typical applications: production of tungsten superconducting transition edge thermometers (TES) for cryogenic detectors; production of high-purity contacts for semi-conductor sensors

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Lothar Oberauer
PI's field of research Astroparticle physics
Contact person Norbert Gärtner
Tel. +49 89 289 12513
E-Mail norbert.gaertner@tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time after consultation