Department of PhysicsThese are links we have found useful for our research and teaching.
Categories
Duke Offices
Funding Agencies
Optics Companies
Used Equipment Sellers
Other
Duke Offices
Funding Agencies
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- The National Institute of Health
- The National Science Foundation (also FastLane)
- Office of Naval Research
- The Whitaker Foundation
- The U.S. Army Research Office
Optics Companies
- Thorlabs (general optics)
- New Focus (general optics)
- Melles Griot (general optics)
- Boulder Nonlinear Systems (liquid crystal spatial light modulators - they have a 512 x 512 device - we haven't tried it yet)
- Karl Lambrecht (polarization optics)
- Omega Optical Inc. (interference filters)
- Hamamatsu (detectors)
- EXFO (purchased Burleigh) (optical characterizaton)
- IntraAction Corp. (acousto-optic devices)
- Isomet (acousto-optic devices)
- Coherent (lasers)
Used Equipment Sellers
- Bid Services - vacuum, electronics
Other
- Glues for attaching windows to UHV vacuum systems or for making potassium vapor cells - you need to find the glues that pass the NASA low outgassing specification
- Master Bond Inc.(adhesives, sealants, & coatings)
- We haven't used these yet, but the do have a wide range of glues and epoxies that pass the low outgassing specification.
- Tra-Con(adhesives)
- We have used these gluex/epoxies with good success both in making vapor cells and in the UHV systems
- Tra-bond 2116 130 C operating temp, Tra-bond 2130 125 C operating temp, Tra-bond 2151 ("blue glue") 115 C operating temp, Tra-bond 2254 205 C operating temp, requires 100 C cure
- Other interesting epoxies
- Supertherm 2005 115 C operating temp, Supertherm 816H01 115 C operating temp
- Apex Microtechnology Corp (high voltage and high power operational amplifiers)
- E.N. Murray (acoustic dampling/isolation) singlemat with:
- 2 lb polyester foam (good density for general frequencies), lead barrier (flexible, holds form, easy to cut),
- no adhesive, 1/2" thick (thinnest available), use 3M's Super 77 aerosol adhesive
- The Magnet Source (magnets)
- Lytron (Cooling systems and components)
- Sorbothane (vibration isolation) available in 24"x24" sheets
- Trace Sciences International (isotopes)
- Triad Technologies, Inc.
- Vapor Cells (haven't tried these yet - Cesium, Rubidium, Potassium) Procurement Form
- Physics Research Seminar