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Photonics Engineers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Lasers (Argon-ion lasers)
  • Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes AFM)
  • Interferometers (Autocorrelators)
  • Bench refractometers or polarimeters (Bench refractometers)
  • HEPA filtered enclosures (Biosafety cabinets)
  • Fume hoods or cupboards (Chemical hoods)
  • Tumblers or polishers (Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems)
  • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering CARS microscopes)
  • Fluorescent microscopes (Confocal fluorescence microscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Contact lithography systems)
  • Cryostats
  • Voltage or current meters (Current monitors)
  • Fluorescent microscopes (Deconvolution fluorescence microscopes)
  • Digital cameras
  • Graphic recorders (Digital panel meters)
  • Oscilloscopes (Digital storage oscilloscopes DSO)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Electron beam lithography systems)
  • Lasers (Extreme ultraviolet lasers)
  • Facsimile machines (Fax machines)
  • Lasers (Femtosecond lasers)
  • Flowmeters (Flow meters)
  • Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Fluorescence lifetime spectrometers)
  • Infrared imagers (Infrared viewers)
  • Interferometers
  • Isolation glove boxes
  • Laser beam analyzers (Laser beam profilers)
  • Vibration testers (Laser Doppler vibrometers)
  • Laser printers
  • Lasers (Laser tweezers)
  • Digital cameras (Line scan cameras)
  • Electron microscopes (Microprobe stations)
  • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Near field scanning optical microscopes NSOM)
  • Infrared imagers (Near infrared cameras)
  • Lasers (Nitrogen lasers)
  • Optical choppers
  • Utility knives (Optical fiber cleavers)
  • Power meters (Optical power meters)
  • Interferometers (Optical spectrum analyzers)
  • Reflectometers (Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR)
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Laboratory safety furnaces (Oxidation furnaces)
  • Personal computers
  • Chromatographic detectors (Photodetectors)
  • Lightmeters (Photodiode array detectors)
  • Frequency counters or timer or dividers (Photon counting systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems)
  • Polarimeters
  • Power meters
  • Electron microscopes (Probe test stations)
  • Level generators (Pulse generators)
  • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Raman microscopes)
  • Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Rapid thermal annealers RTA)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Reactive ion etchers RIE)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
  • Semiconductor testers (Semiconductor parameter analyzers)
  • Lasers (Single photon lasers)
  • Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Spectrofluorimeters)
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Spectrometers (Spectroscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Spin coaters)
  • Lightmeters (Streak cameras)
  • Fluorescent microscopes (Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes)
  • Lasers (Tunable diode lasers)
  • Lasers (Tunable dye lasers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Vacuum deposition systems)
  • Interferometers (Wavelength meters)
  • Arc lamps (Xenon arc lamps)

Technologies Include:

  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Adept Scientific GRAMS
  • BPM_CAD
  • Pattern recognition software
  • Photon Design FIMMPROP
  • Photon Design PICWave
  • Spectroscopy software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Apollo Photonics APSS
  • Optiwave OptiBPM
  • Optiwave OptiFDTD
  • Optiwave OptiSPICE
  • Photon Design CrystalWave
  • Photon Design FIMMWAVE
  • Photon Design OmniSim
  • Development environment software
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  • National Instruments LabVIEW



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