How to set up a laser lab

✍ Scribed by Barat, Kenneth

• Publisher: SPIE
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 63
• Series: SPIE spotlight SL02
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The opportunity to set up one's lab is always a great occasion. In doing so, there are items one can easily overlook. The goal of this book is to present dos and don'ts when setting up a laser lab. Often the researcher and the facilities staff do not understand each other's needs and perspective. They sometimes seem to be speaking in different languages. This can easily cause unwanted delays and costly retrofitting. This book will try to bridge that gap, providing guidance, reminders, and explanations of items in establishing or retrofitting a laser lab. Read more...

Abstract: The opportunity to set up one's lab is always a great occasion. In doing so, there are items one can easily overlook. The goal of this book is to present dos and don'ts when setting up a laser lab. Often the researcher and the facilities staff do not understand each other's needs and perspective. They sometimes seem to be speaking in different languages. This can easily cause unwanted delays and costly retrofitting. This book will try to bridge that gap, providing guidance, reminders, and explanations of items in establishing or retrofitting a laser lab

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction --
1. Exterior design: 1.1. Access control/controlled entry
1.2. Illuminated warning sign
1.3. Eyewear storage
1.4. Windows
1.5. Door postings
1.6. Emergency crash-off switch
1.7. Exterior storage --
2. Interior layout: 2.1. Optical table
2.3. Local blocks: beam blocks
2.4. Table top enclosure, beam blocks, etc., rules of behavior
2.5. Shelves over the table(s)
2.6. Work station
2.7. Rack unit
2.8. Curtain area
2.9. Beams leaving the table --
3. Environmental factors: 3.1. Utilities
3.2. Temperature control/chillers
3.3. Ventilation
3.4. Vacuum pumps
3.5. Lighting
3.6. Fire safety and controls
3.7. Electrical power
3.8. Eyewash/shower station --
4. Interior-institutional items: 4.1. Space around electrical panel
4.2. Seismic bracing
4.3. Flooring
4.4. Storage (chemicals, flammable liquids, gases)
4.5. Storage space for supplies --
5. Human factors: 5.1. Walkway spacing
5.2. Reach issues
5.3. Workstation locations
5.4. Storage space
5.5. Wall units
5.6. Instrument location/trip hazards
5.7. Last step --
6. Action checklist --
7. Acknowledgments.

✦ Subjects

Lasers -- Research. Laboratories -- Design and construction.