LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Studies of materials near absolute zero have been the engine of our modern technological revolution. Our Department offers a broad range of research opportunities in this area, with one of the best equipped, largest groups in the world. Eight individual laboratories plus a specially designed stand-alone building (home of the UF MicroKelvin Research Laboratory) house the group's diverse activities. The MicroKelvin Laboratory was designed specifically for two low temperature cryostats capable of achieving lattice temperature down to below 100ľK, and Dr. Naoto Masuhara, Senior Engineer, is an integral part of the scientific and technical programs for these instruments. A third station is the home of the Ultra-High B/T Facility of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL). This facility, operated by Dr. Jian-Sheng Xia, provides users with the capability of carrying out studies that simultaneously reach very low temperatures (down to 0.4 mK) and high fields (17T).
In addition to the permanent research scientists and engineers, the research efforts include graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and distinguished visitors. The researchers conduct studies at the frontier of low temperature physics, thereby providing fundamental insights into the quantum mechanical nature of many body systems and materials.