Equipment

Spectroscopy

In addition to the laser system there exists a vast collection of other equipment as well.

• Spectra Physics 2080 15 W Argon Ion Laser Spectra
• Physics femtosecond/picosecond Ti:Sapphire Laser tunable from 700 - 1050 nm
• BBO/LBO/KTP frequency doubling crystals
• Coherent Innova 306 Argon Ion Laser with single wavelength operation
• Coherent Model CR599 and 700 dye lasers
• EG&G Model 1462 optical multichannel analyzer (OMA)
• Hamamatsu Model C1098 Streak Camera capable of 100 ps temporal resolution
• Perkin Elmer IR spectrophotometer
• Acton Research SP150 monochromator
• Spectral Energy 75 W Xenon light source
• EG&G spectrograph
• Various CW light sources, He:Ne lasers, Nitrogen laser, YAG lasers.
• Stanford Research Systems Model 830 and Model 510 Lock-in amplifiers.
• Stanford Research Systems Model 540 optical choppers.
• Thorlabs Lock-in amplifiers.
• Several Tektronix oscilloscopes.
• Low temperature (12 K) cryostat.
• Several optical detectors.
• Several computers and data acquisition equipment.
• Several pre-amplifiers.
• EG&G Model 162 Box Car Averager.
• Polishing equipment for sample preparation.
• Precision diamond saw.
• Photoluminescence (PL) System

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