Facilities

Lasers

CW Lasers
- IPG: 2kW, (1070)
- Max Photonics: 3kW, (1080)
- Verdi: 5W, (532)
- Verdi: 18W, (532)
- M-Squared: 1-2W, (700-1100)
- Toptica: 5-10W, (532, 765-795)
- Spectra Physics Millenia: 5W, (532)
- Sacher Lasertechnik: 30-40mW, 850, (1020-1080), 1310
- C-Wave: 200-400mW, (450-650, 900-1300)
Nanosecond Lasers
- Prototype Pulse Burst 0: 0/.300J, kHz, 15ns, (1064/532)
- Continuum Pulse Burst 1: 75/37J, 10/100/250/1000kHz, 4-12ns, (1064/532/355/266)
- Continuum Pulse Burst 3: 80/400J, 10/100/250/1000kHz, 4-12ns, (1064/532/355/266)
- Spectral Energies Pulse Burst 4: 80/400J, 5-1000kHz, 4-12ns, (1064/532/355/266)
- Spectra Physics Quanta Rays: 0/0.150J, 10Hz, 10ns, (1064/532/355/266)
- Continuum Powerlite: 8/.150J, 20Hz, 10ns, (1064/532/355)
- Continuum Powerlite: 6/.450J, 30Hz, 10ns, (1064/532/355)
- Continuum Surelites: .200J, 10Hz, 10ns, (1064/532)
- Eksplas: 5/2.3J, 10Hz, 2-7ns, (1064/532)
- AdValue: 1mJ, 5kHz, 100ns, (1550)
Picosecond Lasers
- Coherent Pulsed Laser: 1/1.2uJ, 10kHz-10MHz, 220ps, (1064)
- Time Bandwidth TIGER: 300-400mW, 90-170ps, (750-850)
Femtosecond Lasers
- Solstice Aces: 7mJ, 1-10kHz, 35-120fs, (780-820)
- Light Conversion Carbide: 80uJ, 50kHz – 1MHz, 280fs, (1030)
- Light Conversion Orpheus: 10-40uJ, 2MHz, 55-100fs, (650-2200)
- Spectra Physics MaiTai: 400-900mW, 80MHz, 70fs, (710-920)
- Coherent Hydra: 25mJ, 80-130fs, (750-950)
- Spectra Physics Tsunami: 8nJ, 100fs, (700-980)
- Thales TW Laser: 0J, 10Hz, 35fs, (750-850)

LiDaR Laboratory

TPO 16” f/8 Ritchey-Chretien telescope with UV enhanced coating
10’ Observation dome for transmission into atmosphere
Hamamatsu R9880U-113 PMT channels (3x) and Licel Transient recorder for signal detection
- 16 bit, 40 MHz digitizer for analog detection
- 800 MHz discriminator for photon counting
Spectra Physics Lab 190 pulsed Nd:YAG lasers (2x)
- 30 Hz 200 mJ/pulse at 355 nm
AdValue 1.5 micron erbium amplifier
- 5 kHz 1 mJ/pulse at 1550-1560 nm (SHG to 780 nm or FHG to 387 nm)
Optics table for beam forming and detection
- Free space probe beam routed to telescope, fiber coupled return signal from telescope for detection

Subscale Atmospheric Facility

80 ft. long, 2 ft. diameter facility

Eight 2 ft. diameter, 10 ft. long cylindrical sections
Cross flow turbulence and diagnostic observation sections at intermediate locations
Heating elements for the generation of buoyancy driven turbulence
2 kW 1.07 μm fiber laser
18-watt 532 nm laser
1 kHz to 60 kHz Femtosecond laser
10 kHz to 1 MHz burst mode lasers

Provides controlled turbulence for aero-optic experiments

Variable atmosphere to simulate high altitude and weather

Advanced diagnostics, stand-off detection

Thermal blooming – simulation of effects of air contaminants – local vehicle exhaust, smoke, etc.

Local guide star development to correct for near field turbulence.

fs laser propagation through turbulence