To support our research we employ the latest, state-of-the-art Silica fibre fabrication facility along with a comprehensive suite of design and characterization techniques. Among these are:
- 2 custom MCVD lathes
- 1 glass working lathe
- Outside Vapor Deposition (OVD) system
- Support for a wide variety of dopants with both gas phase deposition and advanced solution doping techniques for active fibre fabrication
- Comprehensive glass/preform post-processing facilities including ultra-sonic drilling/milling
- State-of-the-art draw tower
- Fibre proof testing
- Full preform and fibre analysis capability including index profiling, tomography, stress measurement, OTDR and rare earth spectroscopy
- Optical measurement facilities for complete fibre performance evaluation as well as laser/amplifier and/or device level characterization in both active and passive fibres
