Metal-organic Pulsed Laser Deposition system build log




Summer 2016

Chamber assembly in SolidWorks


CAD assembly rendered



Cross-section of the chamber showing sample holder and target stage as well as the beam flux monitor arm





December 2016

Recieving new Coherent LPX305 Excimer laser


Unboxing diode laser for substrate laser heating system



February 2017

New Coherent LPX305 Excimer laser (left) installed in lab's utility room. Water, gas, exhaust, and vacuum lines installed





March 2017

Chamber control board installed into the frame of the chamber


Completed chamber frame and optics box





April 2017

Cryopanel -20C glycol chiller has arrived as well as the Staib RHEED electron source


Chamber workstation desk setup along with equipment rack for the chamber. Chamber has arrived and is mounted to frame



Optomechanics installed (mask changer, laser focus adjust, laser sweep)





May 2017

Cryopanel arrived ready to install into chamber


Chamber attached to beamline with gas injectors, BFM, and vacuum pumps installed





June 2017

Target stage from TSST arrived


Sample and target stages installed along with the loadlock



Chamber completed and ready for testing. Test PLD samples grown





July 2017

Equipment all installed in the rack. Cable organization completed


Chamber He leak checked.





August 2017

Installing heaters for metal-organic cylinders, lines, and injectors


Metal-organic gas injection system completed. Ready to grow MOPLD samples





October 2017

Using the BFM while growing


LabView chamber control software finished





January 2020

Staib In-situ Auger Spectroscopy/REELS system installed and tested