Laboratories and Facilities | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

LEAP @ WPI/QCC, located in WPI's Gateway Park in Worcester, Massachusetts contains approximately 2,000 square feet of cleanroom and laboratory facilities equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. The facility, resources and equipment are open and available to for-profit company and external university usage through a pay per use model, fee for service or an annual industry affiliate membership. To request training, view rates and to learn more visit the LEAP @ WPI/QCC equipment page.

Equipment Available at LEAP

Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT+ 3D Printing

LEAP @ WPI/QCC is home to the Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT+ for research and rapid prototyping needs. Nanoscribe’s DeScribe software and hardware make the complete 3D printing workflow easy to transform standard and existing computer-aided design (CAD) models into micro- and mesoscale 3D printed parts with sub-micrometer resolution on glass or silicon substrates. The Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT+ is ideal for patterning and replicating structures for photonics as well as biomimetics, microfluidics, and cell scaffolding applications and is available to for-profit companies and external university usage through a pay per use or fee for service engagement. The LEAP facility is equipped with a variety of objective lenses for use with the Nanoscribe including 63x, 25x, 20x, and 10 along with the following Nanoscribe resins: IP-Dip, IP-S, IP-Q, and IP-PDMS.

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Testing & Characterization Equipment

Keysight lightwave measurement systems for 1310 and 1550 nm
Keysight PNA network analyzer & lightwave component analyzer (up to 67 GHz) for 5G
Keysight Arbitrary waveform generator (65 GSa/sec)
Keysight Digital signal generator (20 GHz 80/40 GSa/sec)
Princeton Instruments HRS 300i for visible and infrared spectroscopy

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Wafer, Die, & Chip Characterization

Maple Leaf Photonics SD-100 probe station
FormFactor MPS-150 probe station
Toptica TeraScan
Toptica TeraFlash

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PIC Functionalization

Deep UV mask aligner
Apogee spin coating system
Optical fiber prep station for cleaving
Comcore PFS-500l fiber fusion splicer
Meyer Burger PiXDRO LP50 ink jet printer

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General Purpose Equipment

Optical tables with vibration isolation
Opto-mechanical hardware and components
Fiber-based laser systems
Chemical storage
Fume hoods
A variety of optical sensors, detectors and instrumentation

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Metrology & Inspection

KLA Tencor Alpha Step D-600 stylus profiler
ZYGO nexview nx2 coherence scanning interferometer
Park Systems NX20 atomic force microscope
Keyence VHX-7000 3D digital microscope
Xenics Bobcat vSWIR camera

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