Fiber Bragg Grating Inscription

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Some initial results and notes from my MASc thesis work on FBG inscription using the ultrafast laser micromachining system I built

Building The Lab

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Over the years I've had many lab spaces, this is the story of how I built my most recent lab and the people who helped me along the way

COIL Micromachining System

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As a component of my RA work for my MASc program at Carleton I built a 4-axis (XYZU) laser micromachining system using Aerotech stages and controllers

The Coherent Libra Has Arrived!

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In November to February of 22/23 I purchased a used Coherent Libra (~100fs, 300uJ at 5kHz) with a dead seed laser I plan to repair and get operational for my own lab

Fused Silica Wafer Machining

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Some initial ultrafast laser ablation tests I did while commissioning the micromachining system at Carleton

Optical Fiber Machine-Vision Core Alignment

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A basic script I wrote to capture live video and produce a real-time intensity profile plot of the optical fiber for machining and alignment purposes, to be used to improve quality and speed of LbL and PbP FBG inscription