Faculty: 24
Staff: 24
Post Docs: 20
Grads: 30
Under Grads: 240
Research Areas:
theoretical and computational condensed matter physics; quantum structures and terahertz physics; optoelectronics and photonics; optical spectroscopy of semiconductors; growth of semiconductor layers and devices; experimental condensed matter physics; positron studies of surfaces; underwater acoustics and medical ultrasonics.
Facilities:
High-performance supercomputers, clean room for semiconductor processing, electron beam lithography, reactive ion etching, positron beam facilities, Raman microscopy, ultrafast and terahertz spectroscopy, underwater acoustics facilities, MOVPE growth of nitride semiconductors, pulling towers for optical fibre production
'There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental concepts of physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic philosophical error of so many investigators of the nineteenth century.'