Dedicated Testing Resources for Photonic Devices

Evaluation of new technologies for harsh environment – Photonics

Testing Resources

• Clean area with a laminar flow chamber (class 100)
• Optical table with vibration stability
• ESD free area
• 1064 nm, 1310 nm and 1550 nm lasers with a modulation option of up to 20 GHz
• Integrating sphere (250 – 2500 nm) and detectors
• Spectrum analyser (600 – 1750 nm, resolution 20 pm)
• Return Loss & OTDR analyser
• Optical attenuators and splitters
• Monochromator (180nm – 2200nm & 2000 nm – 12000nm)
• Translation and rotation positioners
• Climatic chambers (thermal shock -185º to +300ºC , life, etc…)
• Mechanical test system (pull, push, torsion)

Table M-RS3000-48 (120cm x 240cm)

Table VH3036 (75cm x 90cm)

Clean area optoelectronic resources (better than ISO-5 or class 100)

Positioning 

• Motion controller driver Newport XPS
  •  1-8 axes motion controller

• Precision Motorized Actuators LTA-HS
• Travel: 50 mm
• Resolution: 0.035 µm
• Minimum incremental motion: 0.1 µm

• Rotation stage Newport PR50CC
• Range: 360º
• Resolution: 0.01”
• Accuracy: <0.1”

Tunable Lasers

• Agilent 8168F
  • Ouput FC/APC
  • Tunable from 1450 to 1590nm
  • Optical power -20dBm to 9.9dBm

• ID-PHOTONICS CBDX1-1-C-H01-FA
  • Polarization maintaining
  • Output FC/APC
  • Optical power 6dBm to16dBm
  • Line width < 100kHz
  • Tunable to any wavelength from 1527.604 to 1567.135nm
  • 1MHz step size fine tuning

Laser characterization Specific Photonics Testing Resources

     

• Thorlabs PRO8000 mainframe
• Thorlabs LDC 8010 board (up to 1A and photodiode detector)
• Thorlabs TED8080 (Peltier control up to 8A)
• Thorlabs MLC8200AG (16 Lasers up to 200mA)

• Keithley precision power supply
  • 2635A (1fA, 10A pulse)

• Keithley precision power supply
  • 2410A (1100V, 1 A)

• Keithley precision power supply
  • 2602A (1100V, 1 A, 2 channels)

Optical spectrum analyzer MS9710C

• Wavelength accuracy: 20 pm.
• Dynamic range: 42 dB (70 dB with an accuracy of 1nm).
• 600 nm – 1700nm.
• Optical sensitivity: -90dB.

Wavelength Meter and Laser Spectrum Analyzer Bristol 721A

 

• Wavelength range: 1300 to 5000nm.
• Wavelength meter accuracy: ± 0.2ppm (0.2pm at 1000nm).
• Spectral resolution: 6 GHz