MOE

The research activities of Electromagnetic Fields and Telecommunications Laboratory at Magna Grecia Center in Taranto and of Microwave and Optical Engineering (MOE) Laboratory are performed by the Microwave and Optical Engineering (MOE) group (http://moe-group.poliba.it/). They are pertaining to the following main topics:

MICROWAVE - Design, fabrication and characterization of antennas and microwave devices for aerospace and communication; substrate integrated waveguide devices (SIW); measurement of electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic exposure investigation, bio-compatibility. Microwave applicators for thermal ablation medical therapy. Modeling of accelerating cavities for proton linear accelerators (LINAC) for medical proton-therapy.

Lab main microwave facilities:

1. LPKF ProtoLaser U3 for Rapid PCB Prototyping;

2. Anechoic chamber StarLab Antenna Test Station (SL18), 800 MHz to 18 GHz, automated anechoic chamber;

3. LPKF MiniContac RS Electroplating of Through-Holes;

4. LPKF MultiPress S: Press for Producing Multilayers (up to 8 layers);

5. R&S ESU EMI Test ReceiverESU26: standard-compliant EMI test receiver + high-end spectrum analyzer, 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz, full compliance with CISPR 16-1-1 standard;

6. R&S ENV216 LISN two-line V-network for disturbance voltage measurements on single-phase EUTs: 9 kHz - 30 MHz, isolation > 40 dB, max continuous current 16 A, high-pass filter 150 kHz;

7. E.M. field power meter: Narda 8053-2004/40 portable EM fields meter: E-field 100 kHz÷7 GHz, H-field 5 Hz÷400 kHz;

8. Narda Area Monitor System 2600: Remote Monitoring of Electromagnetic Fields; E-field 100 kHz÷7 GHz, H-field 5 Hz÷100 kHz;

9. Near field probes: active broadband probes for EMI diagnosis for frequencies of up to 1 GHz, H-field probe, High-impedance probe, E-field probe;

10. Microwave Network Analyzer Agilent N5224A PNA 10 MHz to 43.5 GHz, 2-ports;

11. Rohde&Schwarz R&S FSH3 handheld Spectrum Analyzer: 100 kHz to 3 GHz, resolution bandwidth 1 Hz, distance to fault measurement option, two-port measurements with tracking generator;

12. Vector Network Analyzer Agilent FieldFox N9917A, 30kHz-18GHz;

13. OscilloscopeTektronik TSD1002, Bandwidth 60 MHz, 2-channel

14. R&S SMB100A RF and Microwave Signal Generator: 100 kHz to 20 GHz, AM, FM and Pulse modulator, Pulse generator, Pulse train;

15. Function generator Instek GFG-8210: 0.1Hz-10MHz;

16. Dielectric probe kit SPEAG for dielectric constant measurement 10MHz-50GHz;

17. Weller soldering station WSD-081;

18. Printer Ink-Jet EcoTank ET-M1170 for flexible circuit printing on Novele IJ-220 coated PET substrate;

19. Antennas: R&S HL050 Antenna: Log-Periodic Directional Antenna for linear polarization: 850 MHz to 26.5 GHz, input impedance 50 W, VSWR≤2.5, gain=8.5 dBi; R&S HF907 Antenna: Double-Ridged Waveguide Horn Antenna: broadband directional antenna for EMC measurements: 0.8 GHz to 18 GHz input impedance 50 W, VSWR≤2.0, gain=5÷14 dBi; R&S HL040 Antenna: Log-periodic broadband antenna: 400 MHz to 3 GHz input impedance 50 W, VSWR≤2.0, gain=5÷7 dBi.

OPTICS - Design, fabrication and characterization of fiber lasers. Modeling of photonic crystal fibers (PCF), for near infrared (NIR) and medium infrared (MID-IR) applications. Modeling of innovative materials and rare earth doped optical devices in optical fiber and in planar optics; nonlinear device modeling; optical microresonators; design, fabrication and characterization of optical devices for environmental monitoring and biomedicine.

Lab main optical facilities:

1. Vytran GPX-2400 Splicer GPX PTR Fiber Optic Glass Processing Unit;

2. Automatic Cleaver Vytran LDC-400;

3. Fiber Optic Recoater PTR-200;

4. Ytterbium fiber Lasers CW 30 W and CW 100 W, with chiller Liekky;

5. Lightwave Component Analyzer HP 8703A 1300 nm/ 130 MHz – 20 GHz;

6. Light Source deuterium-halogen Ocean Optics DH-2000-S DUV: deuterium lamp 210–400 nm; halogen lamp 300–1500 nm;

7. SLED diode, wavelength 1550nm, Output power 15mW (typ.), Bandwidth 45nm (typ.), current 300mA, output Gaussian, package 14-BTF;

8. Nanoplus Mid-IR ICL;

9. Infrared Chamber;

10. EDFA;

11. UV-VIS Ocean Optics spectrometer HR4000;

12. equipped optical benches;

13. Nanoscan M2 beam quality measurement;

14. Farfield Beam Profiler Ophir® Pyrocam IIIHR;

15. Optical spectrum Analyzer 350-1000 nm, resolution up to 1 pm; Fast sweep time; max input level: ± 10 dBm;

16. FBGA interrogator module with USB 2.0 interface, Spectral Range: 1525-1565nm