Faculty
The multidisciplinary nature of the Center for Laser and Photonics
Research combines more than 50 faculty, staff, research associates,
and graduate students from the Departments of Chemistry, Electrical
Engineering, Physics, and the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The CLPR has established a reputation for quality faculty and
quality research. Among its strengths are its nationally and internationally
recognized faculty members, ten of whom are tenured. Faculty are
leaders in many professional organizations, serve as reviewers
for refereed publications and agencies, and participate as invited
speakers, chairs, and committee versity averages. Each faculty
member conducts highly productive, externally supported research
and has ongoing collaborations with industries, national laboratories,
medical facilities, and other university research groups. CLPR
faculty average 3-4 refereed publications per year and have been
instrumental in developing techniques now used in industrial,
medical, and military settings.
Faculty associated with the CLPR, their departments,
and specialities
B. Ackerson, Physics; colloidal physics: structures
and phase transitions in equilibrium and nonequilibrium state
of suspended particles
D. Bandy, Physics; optical device modeling: theoretical
models that describe the nonlinear behavior of optical devices
K. Bartels, Veterinary Medicine; veterinary medicine surgical
laser applications: laser-tissue interactions and development
of improved fiber delivery systems for advanced laser surgery
techniques
D. Grischkowsky, Electrical Engineering; THz optoelectronics
and ultrafast laser science: THz time-domain spectroscopy, high-speed
electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, ultrafast
optoelectronic techniques and their application to extremely high-speed
wire and free-space interconnect schemes
B. Hauenstein, Physics; MBE growth and characterization
of advanced thin film semiconductor materials: microscopic physics
of epitaxial crystal growth, fundamental processes of MBE-grown
semiconductor multilayer structures (heterostructures)
E. Knobbe, Chemistry; preparation and laser processing
of optical materials: preparation and characterization of novel
optical media and laser processing of advanced materials
N. Kotov, Chemistry; nanotechnology, surface probe microscopy,
magnetic thin films, optical and electical properties of nanoparticles
and thin films; magneto-optical properties of diluted semiconductors,
single-electron phenomena
J. Krasinski, Electrical Engineering; laser and nonlinear
systems: new laser systems and nonlinear optical devices, nonlinear
frequency conversion, high-selectivity atomic filters, application
of thermal waves, ultrafast laser science, biomedical and industrial
laser applications
D. Peakheart, Physics; solid state laser materials for
remote sensing applications: crystal growth, optical characterization,
and radiation damage in solid state laser materials, the effects
of damaging radiation on the lasing characteristics of solid state
laser materials
A. Rosenberger, Physics; nonlinear optical effects and
their applications: nonlinear optical properties of materials
for applications in devices and tunable sources, high-field suppression
of photoionization in atoms, optical instabilities and nonlinear
dynamics, unusual properties of optical resonators
J. Song, Director and Dept. of Physics; quantum photonic
materials and devices: investigation of optical, electrical, and
structural properties of advanced technology materials with device
applications, including semiconductor quantum well structures
grown by molecular beam epitaxy and other advanced epitaxial growth
techniques, with layer thicknesses on the order of several atomic
monolayers
J. Wicksted, Physics; optical properties of materials:
Brillouin, Raman, and micro-Raman spectroscopic techniques to
determine optical properties of materials.
Example Research Accomplishments and On-going Projects
Measurement of Vigner's function for an atom
Single-measurement determination of complex third order susceptibility
in isotropic media
Magnetic polarization rotators based on feromagnetic nanopowders
Current work on blue-light emitting semiconducting lasers
Development of an optoelectronic THz beam system
Construction of group-velocity matched ultrashort pulse nonlinear
frequency conversion schemes
Development of the first self-starting and self-modelocking Titanium-sapphire
laser
Research and development on laser-induced holographic gratings
in rare-earth doped glasses
Dynamic light scattering studies of colloidal suspensions
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) techniques for selective ablation of
cancer
Clinical applications of medical lasers in animals
Development of microdrop injection device, coupled with laser
energy to enhance photoablation
Observation of light modulated, single-electron junction
The CLPR's faculty provide a focal point of expertise for the support of high-technology industries, research laboratories, and medical institutions within Oklahoma and around the country. The CLPR will continue to play a leading role through its commitment to the advancement of high-tech research in Oklahoma.