Acquisition of a Pulsed Laser Deposition System for Research and Educational Training in Materials Science

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Acquisition of a Pulsed Laser Deposition System
for Research and Educational Training in
Materials Science Kartik Ghosh, Missouri State
University DMR 0321187
Research This DMR award supports the acquisition
of a PLD system for research and educational
training in materials science. Electrical,
magnetic, and optical properties have been
investigated in various oxide-based electronic
materials. High quality epitaxial as well as
nanostructured thin films of these materials have
been grown on various substrates such as
sapphire, silicon, and quartz using PLD. More
concentration was on oxide based dilute magnetic
semiconductors which have potential use in novel
spin- electronic device applications, ranging
from electro-optical switches to qubits for
quantum computing.
X-ray diffraction data indicating high quality
oriented thin films of spintronic materials grown
using NSF-funded PLD
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Acquisition of a Pulsed Laser Deposition System
for Research and Educational Training in
Materials Science Kartik Ghosh, Missouri State
University DMR 0321187
Education The PLD system has enhanced the
quality of research and educational programs at
Missouri State University. Since the acquisition
of the PLD system, four students have completed
their undergraduate research projects with the PI
resulting in publications in refereed journals
and proceedings and presentations in national
meetings. Four MS graduate students completed
their MS thesis using the PLD system. Most of the
students joined graduate school in materials
science and related areas and rest of them are
working in high-tech semiconductor industry.
Three undergraduate and four MS graduate students
are excited to work with the newly installed PLD
system