Physical Research Laboratory

Address:
South Ural State University
Office 309/1b, Main University Building
76, Prospect Lenina
Tel.: +7 351 267-90-41
E-mail: unid[at]susu[dot]ru

Head of the laboratory

Natalia Kundikova

D.Sc., Professor

World-class Laboratory of Physical Research is a part of innovative educational and scientific university structure. And its aim is to provide education and fundamental research using the modern equipment.

Aims and objectives

To provide research of optical properties of materials;
To provide research of dielectric and conducting properties in a wide frequence and temperature range;
To provide research of surface undulation of materials;
To provide research of mechanical properties and phase change in condensed mediums;
To provide research of material properties using laser methods;
To provide research of objects with the help of optic and probe microscopy, including the use of polarized light and fluorescence;
To provide spectroscopic research of materials with high resolution in ultraviolet and spectral range;
To provide research of optical properties of thin films and their surfaces.

Basic Groups of Engineering Services

Optic and probe microscopy of biological, metallographic or other objects;
Quality control of optic systems and laser technological systems.

Laboratory Structure

Laboratory of interferometry;
Laboratory of modern materials;
Laboratory of optical nanoscopy;
Laboratory of photonics and optoinformatics;
Laboratory of microscopy and ellipsometry;
Laboratory of spectroscopy.

Equipment

Laser sources, femtosecond Ti-Sa laser, impulse laser with Nd-YAG Q-modulation, He-Cd lasers, continuous Nd-YAG lasers with double harmonics, lasing wavelength tuned He-Ne lasers, semiconductor lasers with various wavelength;
Laser frequency conversion system;
Control and measurement system for laser ultrashort pulse characteristics;
Set of optical and optomechanic equipment for work with laser irradiance;
Control system for lithographic process;
Set of optic equipment for analysis of material properties using laser methods;
Set of equipment for analysis of mechanical properties and phase transitions in the condensed mediums;
Set of equipment for surface undulation measurement of the materials;
Set of equipment for microscopic object analysis using the polarized light and fluorescence;
Set of equipment for analysis of thin films properties and surfaces.

Research and Development Works

Development and testing realization of the new optical microscopy method, which allows to examine objects sixfold smaller than usual ones with the use of common optical microscope;
The effect of a spin-orbital coupling display of a photon in a free space was predicted and has been found experimentally. A new polarimetry has been introduced for this effect analysis;
Methods of microscopy and nanoscopy have been developed;
Development of microstereolithography methods;
Development of material micropatterning method with the help of laser ultrashort pulse.