Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
in Electronic and Laser Systems:
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

Through generous support from Washington and Lee, ILX Lightwave Corporation, the Jeffress Memorial Trust, the W.M. Keck Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, this laboratory is exceptionally well equipped for laser dynamics research. The lists below describe the equipment resources in this facility, used both for research and teaching.

Capital Items

• 1 LeCroy Wavemaster 8600 6 GHz oscilloscope, 20 Gs/s, 4-channel, color touch screen, deep memory
• 1 Agilent E4405B ESA-E microwave spectrum analyzer, 13.2 GHz bandwidth, nicely loaded
• 1 LeCroy 9384M digital storage oscilloscope, 1 GHz analog bandwidth, 4 channel
• 1 LeCroy LT264 Waverunner-2 digital storage oscilloscope, 350 MHz analog bandwidth, 4 channel, color
• 1 Newport SR-240-C** Supercavity scanning optical spectrum analyzer, with controller and mount
• 2 ILX Lightwave LDC-3724B laser diode controllers and temperature-stabilized mounts
• 2 Hamamatsu C4258-01 picosecond photodetector, 8.75 GHz bandwidth
• 4 MITEQ microwave amplifiers, 10 kHz - 12 GHz bandwidth
• 3 CVI IO-5-NIR-LP Faraday optical isolators
• 1 Newport 1835-C high-performance optical power meter with calibrated detector head
• 1 Newport RS-series optical table, 4' x 10', with pneumatic isolating supports
• 1 Melles-Griot optical table enclosure frame with suspended shelf
• 1 Dell Optiplex 733 MHz PIII data acquisition computer with PCI-GPIB board
• 1 Dell Optiplex 1 GHz PIII analysis and presentation computer with scanner and printer

Smaller Items

• Several slow (= 125 MHz) photodetectors, for visible and infrared wavelengths
• Approximately 20 diode lasers of various makes, models, and wavelengths
• High-performance double-shielded coaxial cables with SMA and N-type connectors
• Optical mounting hardware, including bases, postholders, posts, mirror mounts, prism mounts, rotation stages, fiber launchers, and XYZ stages
• Optical components, including multiple lenses, mirrors, beamsplitters, polarizers, diffraction gratings, anamorphic prisms, and waveplates
• Basic electronics equipment, including analog oscilloscope, function generators, breadboards, digital multimeters, power supplies, small tools and assorted components (resistors, capacitors, inductors, diode, IC's)

Last updated 22 July 2003