Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Hellmanex III detergent | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/z805939?lang=en®ion=AU |
Z805939 | Corrosive and toxic. See SDS. |
| Lead(II) iodide (99%) | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/211168?lang=en®ion=AU |
211168 | Toxic. See SDS. |
| Anhydrous dimethylformamide (99.8%) | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/227056?lang=en®ion=AU |
227056 | Toxic. See SDS. |
| Anhydrous dimethylsulfoxide (99.9%) | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/276855?lang=en®ion=AU |
276855 | Toxic. See SDS. |
| Anhydrous 2-Propanol (99.5%) | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/278475?lang=en®ion=AU&gclid= COnlgPaw780CFQZvvAod17EA4Q |
278475 | |
| Methylammonium iodide | Dyesol www.dyesol.com/products/dsc-materials/perovskite-precursors/methylammonium-iodide.html |
MS101000 | Also sold by Sigma Aldrich |
| Poly(methyl methacrylate) | Sigma Aldrich | 445746 | |
| Anhydrous chlorobenzene (99.8%) | Sigma Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/445746?lang=en®ion=AU |
284513 | Toxic. See SDS. |
| Equipment | Company | Model | Comments/Description |
| UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer | Perkin-Elmer | Lambda 900 | |
| Profilometer | Veeco | Dektak 150 | |
| Vector Network Analyzer | Keysight www.keysight.com/en/pdx-x201927-pn-N9918A/fieldfox-handheld-microwave-analyzer-265-ghz?cc=US&lc=eng |
Fieldfox N9918A | |
| Tunable wavelength laser | Opotek www.opotek.com/product/opolette-355 |
Opolette 355 | |
| Neutral density filters | Thorlabs www.thorlabs.hk/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=3193 |
NUK01 | |
| Power meter | Thorlabs www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=PM100D |
PM100D | |
| Power sensor | Thorlabs www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=S401C |
S401C | |
| Cavity | Custom built | The cavity used in for this experiment was designed and built in-house. |
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