PhD Physics

Graduate students in the Department of Physics have the opportunity to train with state-of-the-art equipment in modern research laboratories. More than 60 full-time physics graduate students conduct research under the supervision of about 20 faculty members, making the UNT Physics Graduate program one of the largest in Texas.

UNT's Ph.D. in Physics offers graduate students the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment in modern research laboratories, such as:

• Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory, containing four electrostatic accelerators and ancillary equipment to support studies of materials modification and analysis by ion beams
• Optical Micro/Nanofabrication Laboratory, with instrumentation for development and fabrication of photonic and plasmonic devices and other nanophotonic structures
• Precision Atomic Physics and Laser Laboratory, equipped for the development of precision laser light sources and their application to fundamental tests of quantum electrodynamics
• Solid State Physics Laboratory, which is equipped for nanostructure synthesis and characterization and the development and study of nanoscale device applications
• Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Photonics Laboratory, a laser-based laboratory where femtosecond pulsed lasers and continuous wave lasers are used to study materials properties
• Computational Laboratory, a computer-based laboratory for the design, simulation, and calculation of materials structure and property.
• Astrophysics Laboratory, which studies the physics in the space such as galaxies and universe evolution.
• Student Research Laboratory, dedicated student labs equipped with a variety of instruments for materials characterization and simulations.

In addition, students have access to campus research facilities such as:

• Materials Research Facility (MRF), equipped with an extensive suite of instruments for micro and nano characterization of materials and a Nanofabrication Analysis and Research Facility with a clean room for synthesis, processing and testing of materials and devices.
• TALON, a high-performance cluster computing facility configured with 224 nodes and operating at speeds up to 20 teraflops