Test Equipment Available at the APSL:

Anritsu

12.5 Gbit/s and 43 Gbit/s BERTs,

and 65 GHz VNA

Agilent

DCA's, OSA's, Dispersion Analyser, 50 GHz RF Spectrum Analyser, C- and L-band Tunable Lasers, 20 GHz Differential VNA, Polarisation Controller and Scrambler

JDSU

EDFA's, Optical Attenuators, Tunable Optical Grating Filters, Broadband Sources

OFS-Fitel

1500 km of SM Optical Fibre

SHF Multiformat 10G and 40G Transmission Systems

Signatone S-1160 RF Probe Station (image, user manual )

(courtesy CMC Microsystems)

Tektronix

DSA 8200 Communication Signal Analyser

Thorlabs

6-Axis Nanopositioning System

 

Detailed equipment pages are HERE   (registration required)

The collaboratory offers a wide range of test capabilities. A few of the fundamental capabilities are catalogued at Lab Testing Capabilities   (.xls file)

To learn more about the APSL and how it can benefit your work, please contact:

Ms. Patricia Greig,  Photonics Lab Engineer

Desk: 613.530.4662

Lab: 613.533.3172

Email: greig@cmc.ca

Lab engineer schedule:

March 2010

April 2010

"To fully evaluate system performance, it is imperative that individual components within a system can be characterized and that individual signals within the system can be measured. The Advanced Photonic Systems Lab will provide an extensive capability to characterise components, signals"

Dr. John Cartledge,
Queen's Research Chair,
Principal Investigator, APSL,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Queen's University

 

The Advanced Photonic Systems Lab is located at:

508 Walter Light Hall,

Department of ECE,

Queen's University,

Kingston, Ontario

K7L 3N6

CANADA

APSL brochure   [PDF]

 

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