Instrument Development > Facilities

Facilities

Workshop:

Description coming up...

Optical Laboratory

• Here, some of our results from studies of the CCD MTF problem are shown.
• Measurement of CTE and gain using a Fe-55 X-ray source .
• Description of our light sources, used for measurements.
• Some of the vacuum equipment used.
• Some multi-layer insulation experiments.
• Use of Cryo-Tiger for cooling.
• Some work on optics.
  

Development tools

• Mechanical design
  This involves CAD,CAM using CNC machines, FEA and more.
• Electronic design
• Software development
  Programs are written in several languages, including C, TCL/TK and IDL.
• Optical design
  The primary development tool is Zemax.
  Additional work is done in IDL.