RESEARCH FACILITIES

FIBER-OPTICS AND RF RESEARCH

Fiber-coupled lasers: Low-power lasers in the NIR range (980nm, 1550 nm), superluminescent laser diode (broadband with 4 diodes), microchip-based laser (1064 nm) and the relevant driver units.

Fiber-optic components: Wavelength- and power-splitting couplers, polarization controllers, variable attenuator, band-pass filter, isolator and circulator.

Fiber-optic devices: splicing machine, wavelength division demultiplexer, PRBS source, intensity and phase modulators.

Fiber-optic measurement systems: power meters, optical spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope with optical detector.

Fibers: SMF, EDF, DSF, HNLF, PCF

RF: Gunn diode, RF amplifier, RF spectrum analyzer.

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS AND RELATED TOPICS

Light sources: White light lamps, low-power lasers in the visible range, LED sources in the visible range, nanosecond-pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 1064/532/355 nm, supercontinuum laser source (vis/NIR), broadband white light sources, LED sources.

Fabrication tools: Sputtering system, spin coater, dip coater.

Characterization: UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer, stylus profilometer, microscopes, USB-based spectrometers, spectroscopic ellipsometer.

Detectors: low-power detectors for UV/vis/NIR range, detector for pulsed light.

Optical components: filters, polarizers, waveplates, objectives.

Ancillary equipment/components: Optical breadboards, optical polishing machine, wafer cutting and dicing saw, plasma cleaner, centrifuge, integrating sphere, monochromator, CMOS camera, muffle furnace, hotplate, stirrer, pinholes, rotation mounts, translation stages.