Microwave engineering and photonics

Microwave engineering and photonics facilities are available, covering the spectrum from low microwaves to terahertz at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus.

Services include a large 40 GHz anechoic chamber (3D antenna test facility), microwave and applied electromagnetics lab, millimetre-wave lab and characterisation lab.

Equipment includes vector network analysers, high frequency oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, dielectric characterisation probes and power meters.

Microwave and photonics laboratories

Services

Antenna research facility consisting of an anechoic chamber for antenna testing and measurement of antenna radiation patterns up to 40 GHz.

Microwave and millimetre-wave measurement and imaging laboratories consisting of equipment for microwave measurements, dielectric and thermal characterisation, including a Y-Ф scanner, multiple Vector Network Analysers (Keysight, R&S) covering the band up to 90 GHz, and dielectric probes (DAC and Keysight).

Microwave CAD infrastructure comprising a number of microwave and antenna CAD packages including Agilent ADS, ANSYS HFSS, CST Microwave Suite, FEKO and AWR Microwave Office.

Photonics laboratory consists of a suite of facilities for laser sensing research. The suite include facilities for visible and near infrared laser sensing and imaging, characterisation of visible and near infrared lasers, numerous vibration isolation platforms, a dedicated preparation room for testing and fabrication of optical systems, and a world-class laboratory specifically designed for laser sensing using terahertz quantum-cascade-lasers.

Equipment

• 2 x R&S ZVA24 4 port 24 GHz VNA
• R&S®ZVL Vector Network Analyzers 14 GHz
• R&S ZVL6 2-port 6GHz VNA
• Keysight PNA 2-port 67 GHz VNA
• Keysight PNA 4-port with 60 to 90 GHz Extenders
• Keysight Fieldfox 14GHz VNA
• Keysight 85070E Dielectric probe
• Keysight DSOS404A 4GHz Oscilloscope
• Keysight EPM RF Power Meter
• R&S RTM1054 1 GHz Oscilloscope
• DAC & Keysight Dielectric Probes
• Agilent 86140B Optical Spectrum Analyser
• Keysight N7745A Optical Power Meter
• 3 x Janis ST100 free flow cryostats
• Xenics Xeva-1.7-320 0.9 – 1.7 µm camera
• Sunpower CryoTel-GT cryocooler and cryostat
• TPS 500 Thermal Conductivity Meter

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