Our laboratory, under the direction of Dr. George Sigel, Jr., is a state of the art laboratory for the optical characterization of the various glasses that our research projects produce.  We have extensive facilities for characterization of bulk and fiber samples.

1. Equipment
2. Unique Capabilities
3. Pictures of Our Setup
4. Lab Supervisor

Equipment:

• Spectra Physics 2030, 20 watt Argon (514 nm) Laser
• Spectra Physics 3900 Ti:Sapphire (600-1000 nm) Tunable Laser 
• Computer Controlled Thermo Jarrell Ash Grating Monochromator
• Hewlett Packard 54520A Digitizing Oscilliscope
• EG&G Princeton Applied Research 5209 Lockin Amplifier
• Two Perkin Elmer Lamda 9 Absorption Spectrometers with many attachments
• Fiber Characterization
  • Photon Kinetics High Resolution 4000 OTDR
  • Ando AQ 6310-C Optical Spectrum Analyzer
  • Anritsu MW98A OTDR
  • Photon Kinetics Cutback loss
• Perkin Elmer FTIR
• Scattering sphere
• Many optics for characterization
• HeNe lasers

Capabilities:

Pictures of Our Setup:

Matt Finley, M.S.

Ceramic and Materials Engineering

607 Taylor Road

Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065

Tele: 732 445 4527

Fax: 732 445 4545

finley@rci.rutgers.edu

Roberto DeBari, M.S.

Ceramic and Materials Engineering

607 Taylor Road

Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065

Tele: 732 445 4527

Fax: 732 445 4545

rdebari@rci.rutgers.edu