Vendors
Official UW Vendor Site
Shop@UW
MD Number: MD09227
Password: EIT6.8GHz
Shop@UW includes internal UW supplies and also special external vendors. For Shop@UW, you can order directly from the external suppliers without going through purchasing. The approximately two dozen external suppliers include Airgas (compressed air, liquid nitrogen), Dell Computers, and Grainger (tools, hardware supplies).
Frequently Ordered Items
Airgas - liquid nitrogen container - part number: NI230LT22
External Vendors
In order to place an order at an external vendor, fill out the order form below and e-mail it to Ann Austin (austin@physics.wisc.edu) in purchasing. Cc Deniz on the e-mail.
Only fields that are highlighted near the top of the form are necessary.
You should probably discuss any big purchases (>$500) with Deniz before you order.
Electronics
Mini-Circuits
Mini-Circuits is where we get most of our RF circuitry.
Optics and Opto-mechanics
Altechna
Altechna has cheaper polarization optics that a lot of other places. A lot of our waveplates and beamcubes are from Altechna.
Edmund Optics
Edmund Optics has a pretty good selection of optics, but it can be expensive. We purchase optical filters from Edmund.
Newport
Newport sells a variety of optics and opto-mechanics. Most of our opto-mechanics are from Newport. Newport includes the following brands: ILX Lightwave, New Focus, Ophir, Oriel, Richardson, and Spectra-Physics.
Thorlabs
Thorlabs has a wide variety of optics and opto-mechanics. Most are reasonably priced. Nick is probably going to marry their website because he loves it so much.