ISOCTA
Institute for Scientific Operations, Cryogenics & Technical Applications

Campus & Facilities

The ISOCTA campus occupies approximately 4.2 hectares and comprises seven buildings arranged around a central service courtyard. A perimeter road provides vehicle access to all buildings.

Figure 1: Site plan of the ISOCTA campus. Buildings are numbered 1 through 7 clockwise from the main entrance. Building 6 (Central Thermal Facility) is positioned at the northern perimeter, separated from the main cluster by a service road and low berm.
BuildingNamePrimary Use
1Main LaboratoryPhotonics & Optics cleanrooms, laser labs, thin-film deposition
2Cryogenics FacilityDilution refrigerators, helium liquefaction, low-temperature measurement
3ElectromagneticsTHz labs, RF engineering, shielded anechoic chamber
4Vacuum & Surface ScienceUHV chambers, surface analysis (XPS, AES, SIMS), vacuum arc remelting
5Magnet Laboratory14 T superconducting solenoid, magneto-optical measurement, materials characterisation
6Central Thermal FacilityProcess steam, hot water, on-site electrical generation, thermal systems research
7Administration & ComputingOffices, library, computational cluster, meeting rooms

Detailed descriptions of each facility are available on the respective building pages: