Facilities
The Photonics Center's 235,000 net sq. ft. facility opened in June of 1997. Its ten floors house state-of-the-art research laboratories, laboratory support space, a business incubator, and instructional and seminar facilities specially designed for the development of photonic systems prototypes.
The building's structural steel frame is founded on a reinforced concrete mat, as much as six feet deep, to minimize vibration. The basement level houses laboratories requiring low vibration and a light-free environment. Above-ground laboratories feature large windows, with a 1" airspace between the panes of glass to reduce the sound from the abutting Mass Pike.
The Center's 6th Floor houses a business incubator that provides 23,000 net sq. ft. of "greenhouse" space that can be flexibly configured to house up to 14 photonics start-up companies.
The Center also has a number of shared facilities for use by Center members and affiliated partners. In addition to these shared laboratories, the Center contains four floors (100,000 sq. ft.) of academic research laboratories and office space dedicated to its faculty researchers. Detailed information about our faculty’s photonics research can be found on their individual home pages.
