The following equipment is available to the research group:

  • 1,5 kW fiber laser + robot

  • 1,5 kW cutting laser with 2,5D gantry system

  • 300 W diode laser with fiber connector

  • 1 kW diode laser

  • Excimerlaser LPF 220, F2 and ArF operation possible, ca. 250 mJ pulse energy, 25 ns pulse duration

  • Ultrafast laser (< 30 fs), multi-pass-amplifier (0,8 mJ pulse energy, 1 kHz)

  • FemtoLAB MOM Ultrafast laser system, pulse energy: 25 μJ@200kHz,pulse duration: 230 fs, Sensofar SNeox measurement head

  • Contact angle goniometer for measurement of the contact angle and hysteresis, roll-off-angle and surface energy

  • Ice adhesion test rig, measurement temperature: down to -30 °C

  • Erosion test rig, with water and abrasion agent

  • Small scale climate wind tunnel

  • Imaging Ellipsometer (EP3 from ACCURION)