Iranian Entity: Laser Research Center
| Entity Name: |
| Laser Research Center |
| Also Known As: |
| Research Center for Lasers and their Applications (RCLA) |
| Program: |
| Nuclear |
| Address: |
| P.O. Box:11368-8486, Nuclear Research Center, Tehran University, Tehran |
| Fax: |
| 9821-800-9188 |
| Text: |
| Identified by the British government in February 1998 as having procured goods and/or technology for weapons of mass destruction programs, in "addition to doing non-proliferation related business;" reportedly part of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI); reportedly part of the Nuclear Research Center at Tehran University; designing and construction of various lasers; dedicated to the establishment of a production line of lasers and supplying the needs of other laser research centers; development of optics, coating, optomechanics, and glass blowing; reportedly conducting work on laser enrichment of uranium; reportedly producing neodyne ytterbium-aluminum (Nd-YAG) lasers, using laser crystals which are produced in Iran; according to German intelligence, reportedly cooperating with the Jihad-e Daneshgahi Department of the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran; reportedly headed by Dr. Seddiqi, according to German intelligence; established 1974. - Gas Laser Department: Research on ultraviolet, visible, and infrared lasers, including carbon dioxide and eximer lasers; research on the dye pumping with different lasers, copper vapor lasers, and helium-neon lasers. - Semiconductor Laser Department: Research and development of semiconductor lasers and detectors, including gallium-arsenide (GaAs) lasers and high power diode lasers. - Solid State Laser Department: Production of Nd-Yag solid state lasers. |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 4/12/2004 |