Clemson is currently using an in-house drawn Ytterbium-doped specialty optical fibers, operating between 1µm to 1.1µm in wavelength. These high-power lasers have very narrow linewidths (<10kHz, <<1nm) and need an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) that can both measure the center wavelength accurately as well as get a very good approximation on the linewidth. Due to our research constraints and after conducting a comparison of specs, it became apparent to us that Yokogawa is the only company that can make an OSA that meets the demands of our research with their AQ6370D-12 OSA, as it has the wavelength range that encapsulates what we are interested in investigating, 0.6µm to 1.7µm, as well as the high-wavelength resolution of 0.02nm. This instrument is also compatible with other instruments that we already have in our lab.  Total spend by Clemson is $76,000

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