Below is just a snapshot of the facilities and equipment that we have within the department.
Mossbauer spectroscopy laboratory
This photo is of a thin film deposition experiment being performed in a second high vacuum chamber.
The undergraduate laboratory x-ray spectrometer is a smaller version of the full size x-ray spectrometer also at Villanova.
The optics laboratory is a specially darkened room with a vibration-isolated optics table. This provides an ideal environment for various experiments such as the creation of holograms.
Closed-cycle, low-temperature refrigerator for low-temperature studies between room temperature and -270 degrees.
This is the Ultra-High Vacuum Chamber at Villanova University, which is capable of attaining a vacuum of 10E-11 Torr (atmospheric pressure is around 760 Torr).
This photo shows the 50 kilogauss programmable magnet which can be used for studies in magnetization, susceptibility, hall effect, and magnetoresistance.
The undergraduate electronics laboratory provides a facility for physics students to conduct various experiments and build projects in both analog and digital electronics.
Low-temperature cryostat equipped with superconducting magnets for magnetic studies.
Closed-cycle, low-temperature refrigerator for low-temperature studies between room temperature and -270 degrees.
