Our laboratory hosts several superconducting magnets and cryostats including a 7T cryocooled system equipped with a Variable Temperature Insert (1.3K-300K) which is coupled to a microwave bench that we use to detect microwave emission in the 3Hz - 110GHz band. Also available are apparatus for performing sensitive electrical measurements, a probe station, optical microcopes, a bonder, and two AFMs. Higher magnetic fields (32T), lower temperatures (50mK) and microwave irradiation (30-170GHz) are frequently accessed in Grenoble via the Euromagnet II programme.
The work on artificial neurons is performed on a dedicated RF bench. Up to 4 parallel channels can be programmed to deliver sequences of pulses with specific frequencies and timings; 24 parallel outputs can be measured simultaneously.
Our research is supported by the Bath Nanofabrication Facility. a suite of class 1000 clean rooms which houses electron beam lithography with laser interferometer stage, thin film deposition systems, a reactive ion etcher, a Dektak profiler, various microscopes, a mask aligner, an AFM, wet benches and wire bonders.
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge - Dr Ian Farrer, Dr Harvey Beere, Prof David Ritchie - Material growth
University of Loughborough - Dr Alexander Balanov, Dr Natalia Janson - Neuron modelling
Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory - Prof. Jean Claude Portal - High magnetic field experiments
Seoul National University - Prof. Yun Daniel Park - GaMnAs material growth
Chungnam University, Daejon - Prof Kang Hun Ahn - Neuron modelling
University of California at San Diego - Prof Henry Abarbanel - Nonlinear optimization
Univeristy of Bristol - Prof Julian Paton - Biomedical experiments
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Prof Sankalpa Ghosh - Theory of magnetically modulated systems
Far Eastern Federal University, Dr Alexander Samardak - Magnetic multilayers
University of Nottingham - Prof. Mohamed Henini - Material growth
University of York - Prof. Jim Austin - Neural hardware development
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