Page 54 - IAS Handbook

IAS Facilities

@PRCUM 01 02

A Brief Background About The Photonic

Research Centre Universiti Malaya

(PRCUM)

PRCUM was established in the year 1979 as Laser

Laboratory by Prof. Tan Beng Cheok. In conducting

laser research, the laboratory employs multiple lasers

and associated optical systems. Lasers available are

Ruby lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Ti:Sapphire lasers, diode

lasers as well as liquid dye and polymer based dye

lasers. In addition to these, considerable efforts are
03 04
spent in the development of gas lasers such as CO2,

N2 and excimer lasers. Most of these lasers were

developed in house, with the collaboration of students

supervised by Low Kum Sang and Harith Ahmad, the

two lead researchers at that time.

54