The laboratory serves for the performance of thermal vacuum (TV) tests and calibrations of optical and electronical hardware assemblies in an ISO 8/ISO 5 environment. A vibration-cushioned TV chamber with an integrated optical bench is available for test purposes as well as one large optical bench and diverse electrostatic discharge (ESD) work tables. The laboratory can be completely darkened, to exclude scattered light for the optical measurements. For performance test of laser systems inside the TV chamber a wall breakthrough to the optical measurement setups in the adjacent AIV/Laser Laboratory is available.
