UG Lab (equipped to handle 65 independent experiments at a time)

• Ultrasonic Interferometers
• Young’s modulus of beams -by uniform bending
• Young’s modulus of beams by non-uniform bending
• Torsion Pendulum apparatus
• Viscosity measurement set-up using Poiseillus method
• Lees Disc apparatus
• Thermo Emf measurement system–Potentiometer based
• Carey-Foster’s Bridge
• Melde’s String apparatus
• Optical Fiber –NA measurement system
• Biot-Savart law apparatus
• Air- Wedge Experimental set-up
• Bandgap determination set-up
• Spectrometers
• Travelling Microscopes
• Laser diodes (650 nm)
• Gratings, Prisms, Lenses
• Mercury vapor lamps
• Sodium Vapor lamps
• Vernier Calipers (Manual)
• Vernier Caliper (Digital)
• Screw Gauges (Manual)
• Screw gauge (Digital)
• Racer timers
• Electronic balance

Crystal Growth Lab (In-Charge Dr.P.Rajesh)

• Solution Growth facilities : (Funded by DAE-BRNS & CSIR)
• Constant Temperature water bath with cryostat facility (2 Nos) (Subzero)
• Constant Temperature water bath – ambient to 90 Deg.  (5 Nos) (Subzero)
• Condenser (Glass -for Refluxing)
• Vacuum desiccators
• Digital weighing balance (Accuracy 0.01g) (BRNS)
• Digital weighing balance (Accuracy 0.001g) (CSIR)
• Melt growth facilities (Funded by SERB)
• Bridgeman facility (for synthesis and Growth)
• Czochralski facility
• SouthBay Crystal Cutting Machine (Low speed Diamond Wheel Cutter) (BRNS)

Optical Research & Networks Lab (In-Charge Dr. Prita Nair)

• Yokagawa Optical Spectrum Analyser(600-1700nm) (SSN Trust)
• Newport Manual Grating Monochromator (Grating optimized for 1500-1600nm )
• Thor Labs Broadband Fiber coupled Laser source (1490-1650nm)
• Thor labs-Fiber coupled Tunable Laser source (1530nm-1650nm) (AICTE funding)
• LiNb external modulator (Thor Labs)
• Optical breadboards and Michelson Interferometer set-up (SSN Trust)
• Laser diode (530nm)
• 3 axis nanopositioner (Thor Labs)
• Single mode fibers and solid core photonic crystal fibers
• Probe station with camera (DST Funding)
• SOI wafers, SiN targets
• Microlens for fiber-to-chip coupling
• Multi-beam laser interference set-up

Device prototypes fabricated:

• Fixed Si-Air PBG optical filters
• Electrostatically tuned MEMS-based Optical Add drop filters
• Electrostatically tuned MEMS-based Mini Optical Spectrum Analyser
• Electrothermal actuators
• Si waveguide with Si-EO PBG resonator & Glass –EO PBG based tunable optical filters
• PCF based optical sensors

SSN National MEMS Design Centre (SSN-NMDC) (In-Charges Dr. Prita Nair, Physics & Dr. Sreeja B.S, ECE)

• Intellisense MEMS Sofware Suite – 2 licenses (AICTE & MHRD-NPMASS funding)
• COMSOL Multiphysics – 30 user licenses (MHRD-NPMASS funding)
• L-Edit -1 license (MHRD-NPMASS funding)
• Coventorware -1 license (MHRD-NPMASS funding)
• Programmable microprocessor with add-on MEMs navigation and pressure sensor board (SSN-Trust)

Si Device Prototypes fabricated:

• Fixed Si-Air PBG filters
• Electrostatically tuned MEMS-based Optical Add drop filters
• Electrostatically tuned MEMS-based Mini Optical Spectrum Analyser
• Electrothermal actuators
• Electrothermal Actuator based Dual and Quad RF-MEMS switch

Functional Materials Lab (In-Charge Dr. Julie Charles & S. Singaravadivelu)

• Tubular furnace
• Ultrasonicator
• Magnetic Stirrer with Hot Plate
• Magnetic Stirrer without Hot Plate
• Vacuum oven with the vacuum pump
• Muffle furnace
• Hot air oven
• Centrifuge machine
• Digital weighing balance
• Vacuum desiccators
• Mini-Fridge
• The experimental setup for the unidirectional growth method of Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy

Sonic & Ultrasonic Bandgap and Metamaterials Lab (In-Charge Dr. Prita Nair)

• Ultrasonic Pulser-Receiver (JSR make) (NRB Funding)
• Broadband transducers (40kHz-150kHz) (NRB Funding)
• Hydrophones (for use upto 200km underwater) (NRB Funding)
• Needle Hydrophones (NRB Funding)
• Tektronix Storage Oscilloscope (NRB Funding)
• Sonic amplifiers
• Helmholtz resonator and membrane-based array-based single and dual negative metamaterials (Indigenous)

High-temperature Crystal Growth & Ceramics Lab (In-Charge Dr G. Anandha Babu)

• Molybdenum Disilicide heating modules (DRDO Funding)
• Tubular furnaces (DAE-BRNS Funding)
• Bridgman facility (DAE-BRNS Funding)
• Flux growth facility (DRDO Funding)
• Top-seeded solution growth facility (SERB Funding)
• Platinum crucibles (DRDO Funding)
• High Vacuum pumping system (DAE-BRNS Funding)
• LCR Meter Wayne Kerr (DRDO Funding)
• Hydraulic press (CSIR Funding)

Thin Film Lab (In-Charge Dr. Prita Nair)

• Fume Hood
• Programmable spin coater with a vacuum holder
• Dual heat-source programmable thermal chamber for growth of organic crystalline thin films
• Magnetic stirrers,
• Hot plate
• Electrochemical Wet Etching Set-up for Si Wafers
• SiN target
• Desiccators
• Mini-Fridge

Films developed:

• PEDOT-PSS conducting membranes
• PDMS films
• Electro-optic crystalline and multi-crystalline organic BNA films on glass & Si substrates/patterned surfaces

Luminescence Lab (In-Charge Dr. S.M.M. Kennedy)

• UV-Vis Spectrofluorometer with mini heater (up to 210 degree Celsius)
• Quantum efficiency measurement setup for powder phosphors
• Thermoluminescence Emission setup ( FACULTY INTERNAL PROJECT, SSN)
• UV-Vis Reflectance probe ( SSN FUNDING)
• Muffle furnace ( up to 1100 degree Celsius )
• Tubular furnace ( DST-SERB funding, up to 1300 degree Celsius )

Radiation research Facility (In-Charge Dr. Rajalakshmi A. & Dr. A. Chandrasekharan)

• Gamma Ray Spectrometer (BRNS finding)
• Microsurvey Meter (BRNS finding)

Ceramics Lab (Under CREST) (In-Charge Dr. N.P Rajesh)

• Atomic Emission Spectroscope -1
• P-E loop tracer
• Dielectric measurement facility
• Piezoelectric measurement facility
• Ball mill
• Tubular Furnace
• Hot plate
• Magnetic stirrers,
• Hydraulic press

Crystal Growth Lab (Under CREST) (In-Charges Dr. N.P. Rajesh)

• Czochralski Crystal Growth facility
• Bridgeman facility (low temperature and high temperature)
• Low temperature solution growth facility
• Water baths (amb. Temp to 96 deg)
• Water bath (4 deg to 96 deg)
• High Temperature solution growth facility
• Crystal puller with translation and rotation facility
• Platinum crucibles

Water analysis lab (Under CREST) (In-Charge Dr. N.P. Rajesh)

• Ion Chromatograph
• UV spectro photometer
• BOD incubator
• Water purifier (micro level)
• pH meter
• TDS meter

Meteorological Tower (Under CREST)(In-Charge Dr. N.P. Rajesh)

• Tower
• Data acquisition system