FACILITIES

Lasers

Coherent 899-21 single-frequency ring laser, with Ti:sapphire and dye gain media
Coherent Sabre 10 watt argon ion pump laser
NewFocus 10mW 780nm tunable diode laser
100 mW Frequency doubled Nd:YAG
100 mW Argon ion
25W CO₂ laser
Diode lasers and controllers
He-Ne lasers

X-ray equipment

Stable CE-certified high-frequency 18 kW, 60 kV rotating anode source
5 micron spot size, 160 kV, Feinfocus X-ray source
Other medium and soft X-ray sources
High Vacuum systems
State-of-the-art curved crystal Johann spectrometer
State-of-the-art 2D Backgammon X-ray detector
Double-flat crystal monochromators and analysers
A variety of detectors including X-ray CCD cameras, Si-PIN detectors
Scintillators, and X-ray photographic cameras

UHV Rb beam line

Imaging systems

12-bit visible and x-ray CCD cameras
Olympus microscopes

Electronic and optical equipment

Lock-in amplifiers
Spatial light modulators
Oscilloscopes
Burleigh 7-digit wavemeter
Optical spectrum analysers
Optical power meters

Computers

DEC Alpha workstations
Personal computers
Black and white and colour postscript printers
4mm tape drive
650MB magneto-optical disk drive

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Created: 10/03/98 Updated: 16/04/98 

Authorised by: Ann Roberts, School of Physics

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