The laboratory is equipped with devices for the measurement and generation of coherent optical signals (laser radiation in the spectral regions of the visible and near infrared). In particolar:

• Laser sources
• MENLOSystems M-fiber Femtosecond laser C (>75mW average output power, λ=1560nm, pulse width <150fs)
• Lightwave NPRO mod. 122 (100mW single-frequency λ=1064nm)
• TOPTICA mod. DL100 (15mW single-frequency widely-tunable λ=1515nm-1563nm)
• InnoLight NPRO mod. Mephisto (1.5W single-frequency λ=1064nm)
• custom diode-pumped solid-state lasers (Yb-Er:glassλ=1530nm-1548nm ; Yb:YAG λ=1010nm-1070nm; Tm-Ho:YAGλ=2087nm-2199nm)
• Optical Power Meter
• Coherent mod. Fieldmaster (with semiconductor and thermal sensors for low and medium power levels)
• Laserpoint mod. DUO (with thermal sensor for medium power levels)
• ANDO mod. AQ-2105B (with semiconductor and thermal sensors for low power levels)
• Optical spectrum analyzer
• Advantest mod. Q8344A (λ=400nm-1750nm;Δλ=0.1nm)
• Monochromator
• Jobin-Yvon mod. TRIAX 550 (λ=400nm-2500nm; Δλ=0.020nm)
• Interferometer of Fabry-Perot
• Burleigh mod. CF/CFT (confocal with mirrors at λ=1µm or at λ=1.5µm or at λ=2 µm)
• Diode laser power supplies
• ILX mod. LDC-3752. (6 A)
• ILX mod. LDC-202. (220 mA)