The WIU Physics Department has an optical spectroscopy laboratory in Currens Hall 524 under the direction of Professor Mark S. Boley. Equipped with a high-power argon ion laser and a computer controlled Triax 550 spectrometer, along with a closed-cycle helium refrigeration system, low-temperature and room temperature experiments can be performed using the techniques of Raman scattering and photoluminescence.

For one of the latest publications out of this group, which also describes the experimental setup in more detail, click here.