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Lab Tour
Equipment
Fiber Fabrication/Characterization
Complete fiber fabrication facility involving a vertical preform lathe and a fiber draw tower
Research-scale fiber draw tower driven by Synrad 100W CO2 laser
York P5 preform refractive index profiler
York S14 fiber refractive index profiler
Progressive Machine Co. fiber respooling system
Laser Systems
NP Photonics Scorpion fiber laser at 1550.500nm with 1.2kHz linewidth and 20mW power
NP Photonics Brillouin fiber laser at 1550nm with 200Hz linewidth and 50mW power
New Focus mode hop-free tunable diode laser system from 1510 to 1580nm
Two Photonetics tunable laser diode sources
High-power (200mW) erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) system
Coherent Mira OPO system
Lexel 85 Argon laser system with up to 2W CW power
Lexel 95-SHG frequency-doubled Argon laser for operation in the visible and UV ranges
Multiple HeNe, laser diode, and superluminescent diode sources, with drivers
Optical Spectrum Measurement
Two Micron Optics swept laser-based wavelength measurement systems with a 2.5pm accuracy and 60 dB dynamic range
Two ANDO Optical Spectrum Analyzers with a -90dBm sensitivity and a 0.5nm wavelength resolution over a spectral range from 400 to 1700nm
Opto-Electronics OFM130 photon-counting-based optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) with 16mm spatial resolution and 90dB dynamic range
Shimadzu UV-2501 UV/vis spectrophotometer
CVI 1/4m Digikrom double grating monochromator equipped with a photomultiplier tube and Newport Apex illuminator source
Four Ocean Optics solid-state USB spectrometers covering a variety of wavelength ranges
Fiber Optic Components
Paired 40MHz Intra-Action acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) with DDS driver source
Paired 100-300MHz Brimrose acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) with benchtop driver source
Three JDS Uniphase variable optical attenuators
Four Nortel Networks erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs)
High-power 200mW erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)
Two General Photonics Polystay fiber polarization stabilizers
Thorlabs TXP-series polarization controller
Two Sumitomo and Fujikura fusion splicers for automated fiber splicing
Fujikura PM fusion splicer for use with polarization-maintaining fiber
Electronics
Two 2.5GHz digital oscilloscopes from Agilent and LeCroy
Two Stanford Research Systems lock-in amplifiers
Data processing computer with Intel i7 processor and 24GB ram
Sensor Manufacturing Systems
Two Synrad 25W CO2 laser systems for adhesive-free sensor fabrication
Synrad 10W CO2 laser for low-power fabrication and fiber coating removal processes
MPB MSX-250 UV Excimer laser with 50mJ pulse energy for fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings
Coherent Mira 900 Ti:Sapphire laser system with 180fs pulse duration for fabrication of advanced structures using laser ablation
Disco DAD 2H/6 wafer dicing saw
Buehler Isomet 4000 precision linear saw
Chemat Technologies spin-coating system
Two Newport ESP300 controllers and multiple precision linear motion stages
Melles Griot Nanomax high-precision PZT motion control stage
Two UltraTec polishing systems with fully-articulated sample holders
Fischione, Inc. Model 160 specimen grinder
Fischione, Inc. Model 170 ultrasonic disk cutter
Sensor Inspection, Calibration and Testing
Carl Zeiss Axiovert 25 microscope with phase contrast and CCD capture capability
Two stereo boom microscopes for portable sensor inspection
Instron Model 1331 electronically controlled hydraulic load frame
Two Thermolyne electronically-controlled furnaces for testing up to 1200C
Deltech electronically-controlled high temperature furnace for testing up to 1700C
Two specially design gas chambers for chemical sensor calibration and testing
TestEquity 1000-series environmental test chamber
PSI pressure sensor calibrator: 0-250psi with 0.01% accuracy (NIST traceable)
APP pressure sensor calibrator: 0-20,000psi with up to 0.1% accuracy
Chemical Processing and Microfabrication
Chemistry-Bio laboratory equipped with a fume hood
Barnstead Nanopure Diamond DI water supply
Gaertner Scientific ellipsometer for thin film thickness and index measurements
Dektak Surface Profiler with nanometer resolution
Terra Universal Class 1000 modular clean room equipped with a Bold Technology wet bench
Edwards Auto 500 RF sputtering system for metallic and dielectric coatings
Machining
Grizzly G4002 24" metal cutting lathe
Grizzly G0678 precision mill/drill
Grizzly G4030 metal cutting band saw