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Light sources

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Photodetectors

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  1. 5.2um QCL, Alpes Lasers

  2. 1278 nm VCSEL (VCSEL-VL-2004-1-SQA5), Vertilas GmbH

  3. 4312 nm quantum cascade laser (HHL513, Alpes Lasers)

  4. 4559 nm quantum cascade laser (HHL490, Alpes Lasers)

  5. 7um quantum cascade laser (Alpes Lasers)

  6. 1392 nm, 10 mW, fiber-coupled, narrow line width edge-emitting laser diode (Eblana Photonics)

  7. Mid-infrared quantum cascade laser, 4.3-4.7 um, 100 mW (Daylight Solutions Inc)

  8. 1650 nm, 10 mW, fiber-coupled, narrow line width edge-emitting laser diode (Toptica Photonics)

  9. 1533 nm, 40 mW, fiber-coupled, narrow line width edge-emitting laser diode (Toptica Photonics)

  10. 2004 nm, 1mW, free-space narrow line width VCSEL (Vertilas GmbH)

  11. Assorted laser diodes, LEDs

  1. Mid-infrared photodiodes, (Vigo)

  2. Mid-infrared photodiode, (Vigo)

  3. InGaAs TEC-cooled variable gain, 0.9-2.57 um amplified photo-detector (Thorlabs PDA-10DT-EC)

  4. InGaAs 0.9-2.57 um fixed gain photo-detector (Thorlabs PDA-10D-EC)

  5. Si photodiode: 200-1100 nm, DC-10 MHz (Thorlabs PDA 36A)

Assorted equipment

  1. Multi-pass gas cell (15.12 m), IRSweep, see images below...

  2. Multi-pass Herriot gas cell, path length 26 m

  3. FBG Interrogator, (SmartScan, SmartFibres Ltd, UK)

  4. Fiber optic components (polarization controllers, variable optical attenuators, optical switches, couplers, isolators etc)

  5. Fiber Bragg gratings optimized at 1550 nm and 1650 nm

  6. Fiber fusion splicer (Fujikura)​

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Test and measurement

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  1. Combined laser current and temperature controller for quantum cascade lasers (Thorlabs)

  2. 50 MHz dual channel, digital lock-in amplifier (Zurich Instruments)

  3. Laser diode temperature controllers (Thorlabs)

  4. Laser diode current controllers (Thorlabs)

  5. Combined LD driver & TEC Controller, (Stanford Research Systems)

  6. Arbitrary waveform generator (Agilent)

  7. 500 MHz, 1 GS/s digital phosphor oscilloscope (Tektronix)

  8. DG535 Digital Delay and Pulse Generator, (Stanford Research Systems)

  9. 3 GHz RF spectrum analyzer (Agilent)

  10. Wide bandwidth signal generator (Tektronix)

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