Bayindir Group’s laboratories at UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center have been closed permanently by Bilkent University just after the coup attempt in July 2016 without any wrongdoing. All equipment below purchased through national and international projects including two ERC grants was transferred to other research groups.
Fiber laboratory, a separate building with 200 m2 floor space, contains two fiber drawing towers and a preform growth and characterization facility with state-of-the-art modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) system.
Equipment list:
-High-temperature fiber draw tower (Optogear) has been using to produce specialty fibers, Yb-doped fibers for high-power fiber lasers, production of Germanium and Silicon micro and nanowires, phase-change nanowires, metallic glass nanostructures
-Low-temperature fiber draw tower (home-built) used to produce soft-glass fibers, hollow-core Bragg fibers, micro- and nano-structured polymer fibers, piezoelectric polymer micro- and nanowires, chalcogenide nanostructures, multimaterials device fibers
-Modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) (Optacore) is capable to manufacture active fiber preforms for high-power fiber lasers
-Glovebox (MBraun)
-HF acid etching station
-Preform analyzer (Photon Kinetics)
-Preform polariscope
-Preform slice measurement system
-FTIR (Bruker, Tensor 37)
-Inverted microscope (Zeiss, Axio Imager)
-Carbon/Gold coater (EMS, EMS150R ES)
-Soft-glass (chalcogenide) production station
-Silica glass processing line
-Machine shop
Material laboratory with 90 m2 lab space, contains sputtering system, thermal evaporation, contact angle measurement system, ultramicrotome, polymer/soft glass preform preparation line, thin film production line.
Equipment list:
-Polymer/soft glass preform preparation line
-DSC (TA Instruments, Q2000)
-Upright microscope (Zeiss, Axio Imager)
-Ultramicrotome (Leica)
-FTIR with microscope (ThermoFisher)
-Thermal evaporator (Vaksis)
-Sputtering system (Vaksis)
-Computer cluster
Characterization laboratory with 45 m2 lab space contains 3 optical tables, high-resolution infrared camera, CO2 Lasers, He-Cd UV laser, optical, electrical, and mechanical characterization tools.
Equipment list:
-Optical tables (Newport)
-Infrared camera (FLIR)
-CO2 lasers (Lumenis)
-He-Cd UV laser (Kimmon)
-Two-point mechanical fiber testing station (FiberSigma)
-Silica/chalcogenide fiber tapering systems (home-built)
-Tunable laser (Santec)
-Tunable diode laser (Toptica)
-Power meters (Newport)
-Oscilloscopes
-High-voltage DC power supply (Keithley)
-Source meter (Keithley)
-Signal generator (Keithley)
-Monochromator (Spectral Products)
-Syringe pumps (New Era Pump Systems)
-Piezo stages (Thorlabs)
-He-Ne lasers
