Facilities
The Center for Laser and Photonics Research is housed in the
Noble Research Center complex and includes more than 20,000 square
feet of state-of-the-art laser laboratories, cleanrooms, and computer
facilities.
Example Research Equipment
MOCVD apparatus
ICP-RIE (Inductive coupled plasma-reactive ion etcher)
PECVD apparatus
Atomic force microscope
More than 35 laser stations
Large frame cw argon lasers
Pulsed cw & dye lasers
Ho:YAG lasers
Excimer laser
Tunable femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers
Various high-power, diode-pumped solid state lasers
Krypton lasers
CW & pulsed Nd:YAG lasers
Tunable Alexandrite lasers
Ultrastable helium-neon laser
Tunable narrow-line cw Ti:Sapphire laser
Optical multi-channel detectors & coupled devices
Image converters & intensifiers
Ultrafast optical communications equipment
Ultrafast THz electronic systems
Numerous ultrafast oscilloscopes & signals
Numerous electronic devices such as pulse generators, delay generators,
& spectrum analyzers
Low temperature cryostats
Spectrometers
Scanning tunneling microscope
Scanning electron microscope
Scanning probe microscope
High-resolution x-ray diffractometers
Langmuir-Blodgett alternate deposition system
Modular high sensitivity spectrafluor- ometer
The CLPR is striving to strengthen Oklahoma's infrastructure
for high-tech research by taking a leadership role in establishing
the first Statewide, Multidisciplinary Cleanroom User Facilities
for materials synthesis, processing, device fabrication, and testing.
The facilities include Class 100 and Class 10,000 cleanrooms for
semiconductor processing and device fabrication, including photolithographic
tools, and a new MOCVD reactor for advanced semiconductor thin
film growth. The facilities are designed as a "one-stop,
all-purpose, photonics research complex" aimed at a fast
turnaround time and optimum efficiency. Providing access to these
capabilities is an important milestone for OSU and the State as
there are currently no such existing facilities in any Oklahoma
university or industry. Cleanroom facilities are scheduled for
completion in the spring of 1999.
Located off-campus in far north central Stillwater, this high-tech
research area is projected to become an integral component of
the larger OSU program, resembling the concept of the research
park complexes at other universities across the United States.
This research complex will also be a powerful outreach resource
for the State of Oklahoma. Not only will the facilities be available
to other university researchers, but plans are to offer regular
training sessions and workshops for students, university faculty
and staff, and industrial personnel throughout the state. The
existence of these facilities will enhance our efforts to recruit
and retain high quality students, faculty, scientists, and engineers
to Oklahoma.