Video: Behind the Scenes at BU’s Photonics Center
Behind the Scenes at BU’s Photonics Center
Behind the Scenes at BU’s Photonics Center
Boston University’s Photonics Center houses some of the most sensitive scientific instruments to be found anywhere on campus, among them ion beam tools and electron microscopes. They are essential to the groundbreaking research on practical uses of light being conducted by more than 170 faculty, staff, and students who work in the building’s more than two dozen labs.
But how do you protect such delicate equipment from the vibrations caused by the estimated 105,000 vehicles that pass below on the Massachusetts Turnpike each day and the steady stream of traffic on Comm Ave, including the rumbling MBTA Green Line B trolleys?
As this video reveals, a feat of engineering makes it all possible. Take a look.
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