Technical Expertise
Optical Instrumentation & Test Equipment
- Fluorescence detection
- Beam homogenization & shaping
- Illumination design (LED & laser)
- Heterodyne & homodyne detection techniques
- Ellipsometry
- Optical thin film analysis and characterization
Optical Materials & Devices
- Nonlinear optical materials fabrication & characterization
- Planar lightwave circuits (PLCs), including array waveguides (AWGs)
- Lithium niobate & tantalate diffused and ridge waveguides
- Dual-clad, rare earth doped, optical fiber
- Fiber-to-Free space coupling
Optical Design
- Lens design (projection, scanning, imaging)
- Infrared optics
Laser Systems
- High power solid state lasers
- UV lasers
- Fiber MOPAs
- Laser cavity design
- Laser reliability testing
- System-wide optimization
- Laser materials processing systems
