Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Ti:Sapphire Oscillator | Coherent | Mira-Seed | Part of full laser system |
Manual Translation Stage | Newport | 462 | Quantity: 2 |
Optical/Optomechanical Components | Thorlabs, Others | Various | |
DC Regulated Power Supply | Tenma | 72-6628 | |
Function Generator | GW Instek | GFG-8216A | |
Digital Delay Generator | Stanford Research Systems | DG645 | |
Speaker Amplifier | Sony | XM-222W | |
Silicon Photodetector | Thorlabs | PDA36A | |
Photomultiplier Tube | Hamamatsu | ||
Digital Oscilloscope | Tektronix | TDS2024B | |
Optical Cryostat | Janis | ST-300 | |
Cornerstone 260 Monochromator | Newport | Newport 74110 | |
Sapphire Window | General Ruby and Sapphire | ||
Citric Acid | Sigma-Aldrich | C1909 | |
Optical Adhesive | Norland | Thorlabs NOA61 | |
Hydrogen Peroxide Solution | Sigma-Aldrich | H3410 | |
Deionized Water | Water from a Type I water system |
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