Tests
Test Lab for Evaluation and Qualification of Optoelectronic Components and Sub-Systems
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Endurance / Reliability tests
- Temperature regulation from 25°C to 150°C
- Current/voltage control
- Current/Voltage/Optical Power Tracking
- Controlled atmosphere: aging in air, nitrogen... -
Climatic Tests
- Temperature storage from -70°C to 300°C
- Storage under controlled humidity up to 95% RH
- Temperature cycling up to 15°C/min (thermal cycling and thermal shock)
- Controlled atmosphere: aging in air, nitrogen...
- Aging under polarization
- Tests in dry air: dew point - 50°C -
Vacuum tests
- Primary and secondary vacuum chamber: down to 10-7 mbar
- In-situ monitoring: optical, electrical, thermal, pressure and residual gas...
- Vacuum thermal cycling -
Mechanical tests : shock vibration
- Fibre pull with force monitoring
- Vibration, shock, shaking with monitoring of electrical / optical discontinuities -
High directivity and high power solar simulator tests
- Testing of materials and components under solar radiation
- Strong power, strong directivity
- If necessary, combination of vacuum and temperature tests -
Hermeticity test, leak tests
- Detection of fine leaks and gross leaks
- Measurement of the hermeticity rate (Helium detection) -
ESD tests : electrical discharges
- Resistance to electrostatic discharge, ESD
- Electrical Over Stress, EOS
- High optical power testing to failure
(COD -Catastrophic Optical Damage)