Equipment

This section contains equipment we have in our EPR laboratory at CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic.
If you are interested in using any, please contact a specific instrument guarantor.

High-Frequency EPR spectrometer 

  • Microwave frequency: 80 - 1100 GHz
  • Magnetic field: 0 - 16 T
  • Temperature: 1.8 - 320 K
  • Samples: pellets, single-crystals, chips

The instrument is also capable to perform measurements at zero magnetic field. Open-source control software is available at GitHub.

Contact: doc. Petr Neugebauer

X-band EPR spectrometer

  • Frequency: 9 - 10 GHz
  • Magnetic field: 0 - 400 mT
  • Source: Magnettech MXH2 Gunn diode
  • Sample holders: quartz tube, flat cell, liquid nitrogen (77 K)

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


FT-IR VERTEX 80v

  • Spectral range: 5 cm-1 to 50 000 cm-1
  • Sources: globar, halogen NIR
  • Detectors: FIR, MIR, NIR

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta


High-Vacuum sublimation chamber

  • Base pressure: 1 x 10-7 mbar
  • QCM for film thickness monitoring
  • Heated crucible for molecules
  • Temperature monitoring by thermocouple

Contact: Mgr. Lubomír Havlíček, Ph.D.


Vector Network Analyzer - Rohde & Schwarz ZNA-B26

  • Frequency range: 10 MHz - 26.5 GHz
  • Direct IF access
  • Time domain option
  • 4 ports
  • 2x ZC500 Converter (330 GHz - 500 GHz range)

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta

Oscilloscope - RIGOL DS1104Z

  • Bandwith: 100 MHz
  • Sampling rate: 1 Gsa/s

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta


SourceMeter - Keithley 2450

  • Measurement resolution: 10 fA / 10 nV
  • Power output: 20 W

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta


DC Power Supply - Rigol DP832

  • 3 channels (30 V/3 A, 30 V/3 A, 5 V/3 A)
  • Total power output: 195 W
  • Programmable

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta


Current Preamplifier - Stanford Research Systems SR570

  • Current gain: 1 pA/V
  • Input noise: 5 fA/√Hz

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta

Demi Water - Aqua Osmotic 02

  • Purity down to 0.05 µS/cm

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


Ultrasonic Cleaner - VWR USC-TH

  • With heater

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


Stereo Microscope - ZEISS Stemi 508

  • Zoom: 8:1
  • Magnification: up to 50x
  • Mode: bright field, dark field
  • Axiocam ERc 5s camera module for PC

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


Analytical balance - KERN ABT 100-5NM

  • Min. load: 1 mg
  • Max. load: 101 g
  • Readability: 0.01 mg

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


3D Printer - TriLAB DeltiQ M

  • Filaments: PLA, ABS, PET, Dual Filament Palette
  • Print area: Ø 180 mm (X, Y) x 200 mm (Z)
  • Resolution: 0.25-1.2 mm (X, Y) x 50 µm (Z)

Contact: Ing. Jan Dubský

Manual Hydraulic Press - Specac

  • Load: 2 tons
  • Pellet size: Ø 5 mm

Contact: Dr. Vinicius Santana


Optical Chopper - Thorlabs MC2000B

  • Chopping frequencies: 20 Hz - 10 kHz

Contact: Dr. Oleksii Laguta