In the Photonics Laboratory, we develop and validate sensors based on free beam and fiber optics with ultraviolet to infrared light.
Our offer
We develop and validate optical sensors together with partners from industry and research.
- We collect ideas and develop physical concepts to measure the desired parameters optically, mechanically, electrically, acoustically or in combination.
- We develop concept and technology demonstrators as well as sensor prototypes and support processes in product development.
- We test your sensor prototypes under controlled laboratory conditions as well as in the field and develop suitable evaluation methods to optimize sensor performance, stability and reliability.
- We also offer you technical advice on issues relating to optics, mechanics, electronics and signal processing.
In addition to funded projects (e.g. Innosuisse), we are also happy to take on direct orders.
Get in touch with us
For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Miklós Lenner.
Infrastructure
Light sources
- Laser sources from UV to NIR
Detectors
- VIS spectrometer Thorlabs CCS200/M
- NIR Spectrometer Hamamatsu C14486GA
- Beam Profiler Edmund 11-045
- Polarization analyzer Thorlabs PAX1000IR2/M
- Light detection with photodetectors (400 to 1700nm) and thermal detectors (0.2 to 20um)
- IR viewer (350 to 2000nm)
Optomechanics and microscopes
- Fusion splicer Fujikura 90S (SMF and MMF up to 62um core diameter)
- Microscope Zeiss Axio Imager Z1
- Fiber inspection with Viavi P5000i
- Standard fiber and free beam components
- Various optomechanical components
Special electronics
- Lock-in amplifier Zurich Instruments MFLI (500kHz to 5MHz) with impedance analyzer (MF-IA)
The Photonics Laboratory is part of the FHNW Institute for Sensors and Electronics
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