Equipment Acquisitions Since 2000

• Research quality mirrors and mounts for holography --- $15,000 donation by JDS Uniphase (formerly IBM).
• 6 sets of PCI-MIO-16E-4 multifunction I/O (data acquisition) boards, cables, accessories, and National Instruments software for computer interfacing with lab equipment in new Computer Methods course.
• 6 PCI-GPIB boards and 2-meter cables to provide a GPIB bus for each LabVIEW-equipped computer.
• 6 Agilent Technologies Model E3648A programmable power supplies for new Computer Methods course.
• External Cavity Tunable Diode System --- Extremely small bandwidth laser systems (632--637 nm) ideal for telecommunications, laser spectroscopy, coherence studies, and metrology applications. Two laser heads available for dual wavelength operation. Uses computer control and LabVIEW operation.
• Broadband Phase Modulator --- allows stabilization and tuning during interferometric measurements.
• Fiber Cleaver and Fiber Couplers --- For cleaving optical fibers at particular angles which minimize end reflections in fiber sensing applications.
• 10 Fiber Couplers --- High precision, single-mode fiber couplers.
• 2 Spectra-Physics 35mW Holography Lasers and a stabilized, single-frequency Interferometry Laser
• Canon GL1 Camcorder with Professional L Series Florite Lens - Combined with computer editing capability, this system is used for real-time Stroboscopic Interferometric Holography.
• Diode-Pumped, Solid-State Laser and custom Newport optics table --- State-of-the art laser produces in excess of 0.4 watts of green radiation. A gift from Imation Corporation valued at about $45,000.
• 4 Real-time Digital Oscilloscopes: Tektronics TDS 3052B 500MHz with 5GS/s TDS 3032B 300MHz with 2.5GS/s.
• 22 fully networked, student use, G4/G5 Macs and Pentium III/IVs.