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Welcome to the website for the III-V MBE Group at the University of Oklahoma.

The III-V MBE Group is led by Michael Santos, a Professor of Physics.

The group's research activities commenced in 1993 with the installation of an Intevac Gen II MBE system. Wafers can be transferred under ultrahigh vacuum conditions between four chambers: (1) a growth chamber for III-V materials, (2) a growth chamber for IV-VI and fluoride materials, (3) a surface analysis chamber equipped for Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and (4) a chamber for scanning probe microscopy. In 2015, we acquired a Veeco GENxplor MBE system for III-V materials.

We collaborate with other groups on basic and applied research projects:
  • Spin Effects in InSb Quantum Wells
  • Topological Insulators in Narrow Gap Materials
  • Interband Cascade Lasers, Detectors, and Thermophotovoltaic Devices
  • Antimonide and Nitride Materials for Solar Cell Applications
Our main collaborators at the University of Oklahoma are in the group's of Sheena Murphy, Rui Yang, Matthew Johnson, and Ian Sellers. Our external collaborators include researchers at Amethyst Research Inc. and Tohoku University.

Our recent projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation (DMR, ECCS, MRI, MRSEC), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Department of Energy, NASA, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. 


Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Oklahoma
Engineering Physics Program
Gallogly College of Engineering 
University of Oklahoma