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17-3029.08 — Photonics Technicians

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Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
  • Data acquisition software
  • Statistical analysis software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • ZEMAX Optical Design Program
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Data base user interface and query software
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Access
Development environment software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • SAP software
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Image processing software
Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Web page creation and editing software
  • Facebook
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
Tools Used
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
  • Bench refractometers
Binocular light compound microscopes
Cable splicing kits
  • Fusion splicers
Calipers
Comparators
  • Optical comparators
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Cutting machines
  • Fiber cleavers
Depth gauges
Diffractometers
Digital testers
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
Drill press or radial drill
  • Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
Facial shields
  • Chemical protective face shields
Fiber optic fault locators
Fire extinguishers
Hardness testers
HEPA filtered enclosures
  • Biosafety cabinets
Horizontal turning center
  • Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
Induction heaters
  • Laser heat treatment equipment
Integrated circuit testers
  • Digital logic analyzers
  • Digital logic probes
  • Logic pulsers
Interferometers
  • Common path interferometers
  • Fabry-Perot interferometers
  • Mach-Zehnder interferometers
  • Michelson interferometers
  • Optical spectrum analyzers
  • Phase-shifting interferometers
  • Shearing interferometers
  • Twyman-Green interferometers
  • Wavelength meters
Isolators
Jacks
  • Lab jacks
Lab coats
  • Protective gowns
Laboratory evaporators
  • Electron beam evaporators
Laboratory forceps
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
  • Reflow ovens
Laser cutting machine
  • Laser cutting machines
  • Laser drills
Laser measuring systems
  • Laser marking machines
Laser welding machine
  • Laser welders
Lasers
  • Diode lasers
  • Excimer lasers
  • Gas lasers
  • Ion lasers
  • Liquid dye lasers
  • Solid state lasers
Loupes
Magnifiers
Micrometers
  • Vernier micrometers
Milling machines
  • Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Monochromators
Multimeters
  • Multifunction digital multimeters
Optical diffusers
  • Autocollimators
Optical mounts
  • Optical alignment scopes
Optical rails or bases
  • Optical rails
Oscilloscopes
  • Analog oscilloscopes
  • Digital oscilloscopes
Personal computers
Photosensitive diodes
  • Semiconductor detectors
Pocket calculator
  • Hand calculators
Polishing machines
  • Fiber polishers
Portable data input terminals
  • Dataloggers
Positioning jig
  • Micropositioners
  • Positioning stages
Power grinders
  • Abrasive grinding machines
Power meters
  • Optical power meters
  • Photoelectric power meters
Power saws
  • Cutoff saws
  • Die shears
  • Wire saws
Protective gloves
Refrigerated and heated reach in environmental or growth chambers
  • Humidity chambers
  • Temperature chambers
Safety glasses
Sawing machines
  • Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
Scanning electron microscopes
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Scanning probe microscopes
  • Atomic force microscopes AFM
Semiconductor process systems
  • Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
  • Die bonders
  • Die saws
  • Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
  • Mechanical steppers
  • Plasma strippers
  • Sputter deposition systems
  • Vacuum deposition systems
  • Wafer bonding systems
  • Wire bonders
Semiconductor testers
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Signal generators
Soldering iron
  • Soldering irons
Spectrometers
Spectrophotometers
Spherometers
Surface testers
  • Contact profilometers
  • Non contact profilometers
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
  • Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Tension testers
  • Wire pull testers
Thickness measuring devices
  • Ellipsometers
X ray diffraction equipment
  • Collimators
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