Teaching and Research of the Department is supported by State-of-the-art Instruments and Facilities those have been procured through support from Departmental or Individual Sponsored Research.
Many of the facilities are open for use by Researchers from other Academic/ Research Institutes and Industry against nominal charges. The department also provides consultancy services to Industry in the fields of R&D of the Department. For details on how to use the facilities please contact HOD, Department of Physics (E: hod(at)phys.buruniv.ac.in).
For Consultancy Services, please contact Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC), The University of Burdwan. (E: iipc(at)buruniv.ac.in)
Major Instruments
X-ray diffractometer (XRD) [Instrument: Bruker D8 ADVANCE with DAVINCI Design
X-Ray wavelength: CuKα (λ=1.5406 Å), Detector: LYNXEYE, fast 1-D detector]
Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) [Instrument: Perkin Elmer Frontier FT-IR/FIR Spectrometer, Wavenumber Range:8000-30 cm-1
Optical Window: KBr and Polyethylene Measurement Method:Transmission/Reflection, Temperature Range: RT to 77K]
Spectrum Analyzer (26 GHz)
Vector Network Analyzer
Microwave signal generator (18 GHz)
High power Nd:YAG laser along with harmonic generators
Tunable CO2 laser (CW & Pulsed),Tunable Dye laser
NI-Labview based DAQ and NI-ELVIS-II+
Ferroelectric Loop Tracer
AC Hysteresis loop tracer
Multi-frequency, multi-GNSS Receivers, IRNSS-GPS-SBAS Receivers
Library
A rich collection of books (more than 3000 volumes: both text and reference books) and a well-spaced reading room are available for the students, researchers and teachers in the departmental seminar library. It has the facility of accessing E-Journals (provided by the INFLIBNET network of UGC) from the reputed publishers/society in the field of Physics.
Apart from the departmental library, students can also avail the facility of The University Central Library, where they can access various research databases.
Computational Facility and Internet Access
A well-equipped computer laboratory for the computation and simulation purpose is available exclusively for the students. Internet connectivity (High Speed connectivity under NMEICT, Govt of India, 2 MBPS leased line, 2MBPS Broadband Connection by BSNL) is provided in the department by the Burdwan University Computer Centre through LAN and WiFi access.
Workshop
An workshop facility is available for students, researchers and faculty