Laser Applications at Middle East Technical University

Abstract

Increased interest in lasers and their industrial and photonics applications found a great support in Turkey from industry and govermental Agencies. In our laboratory we have CO 2 cw laser and Nd: YAG ns laser with 1064 nm, 532 nm, and 355 nm radiation wavelengths. We have done applications on laser plasma spectroscopy, oxidation of semiconductors, glass processing and cleaning of different surfaces. Beside various applications we also concentrate on the design of laser systems. We have experience in the design of CO 2 cw lasers and a RF excited CO 2 laser is under development. We also work on the development of cw diode pumped solid state lasers. The design of the various cavities for the DPSS diode pumped solid state lasers is under considerations. The range of our applications will increase with our 1 TW femtosecond laser supported by the State Planning Agency which is under construction now. JTuC66