Research Labs

Opto-Electronics Laboratory

Contact: Hong-Koo Kim

The Opto-Electronics Laboratory is equipped for the fabrication and characterization of electronic and opto-electronic materials and devices. III-V compound semiconductor heterostructures are grown by a metal organic chemical vapor deposition system.

Various functional films are also grown using radio-frequency planar-magnetron sputter systems, such as rare-earthed doped oxides and piezoelectric/ferroelectric films, and III-V refractory semiconductors.

Facilities are available for a broad spectrum of microelectronic processing and fabrication such as photolithography, plasma etching, deposition, oxidation, diffusion, and annealing.

Characterization facilities include a doping profiler, a probe station, a semiconductor parameter analyzer, a Hall-effect measurement system, a deep level transient spectroscopy system, and various optical characterization setups for waveguide materials and devices.

Students checking a laser beam at the Opto-Electronics Lab.

Students inspecting a wafer during semicon-
ductor processing at the Opto-Electronics Lab.

Computer Engineering Labs

• Electronic Design Automation Laboratory
• John A. Swanson Embedded Systems
• Optical Computing Systems
• Pittsburgh Integrated Circuits Analysis
• Radio-Frequency Prototyping and Measurements
• Radio-Frequency Shielded Facility
• Radio-Frequency Systems and Devices

Devices Labs

• Laser
• Opto-Electronics
• Planar Lightwave Circuits

Signals and Systems Labs

• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
• Applied Signal and System Analysis

Other Labs

• John A. Jurenko Computer Architecture
• John A. Swanson Computer Interfacing
• Fiber Grating and Sensor