In its newsletters in April 2016 and June 2015 in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany reported on x-ray diffraction (XRD)-gauged nk database improvements for InGaAsP (indium gallium arsenide phosphide) and InGaAlAs ...
Researchers in Hong Kong and USA have been working on producing optically pumped micro-disk lasers on exact (001) silicon [Yating Wan et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol108, p221101, 2016]. The team from Hong Kong University of Science and ...
Sandia National Laboratories in the USA has reported aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) laser structures emitting ~350nm ultraviolet radiation from optical and electrical pumping [Mary H. Crawford et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p112702, ...
Tags: AlGaN, ultraviolet lasers, LEDs
While lasers were invented in 1960 and are commonly used in many applications, one characteristic of the technology has proven unattainable. No one has been able to create a laser that beams white light. Researchers at Arizona State ...
Tags: ASU, White Lasers, LEDs
When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds ...
Tags: Sandia, LED Pulser, lighting
Can you consider light as a product, ready to pick up from the shelf and take home? You can't touch or hold it, but being able to use it whenever needed has been vital to the progress of humanity. Light sources have progressed from candles ...
Tags: Lighting market, LED demand, displays
Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting that the switch to solid-state lighting will cut global electricity demand for general illumination by a remarkable 24 per cent by 2020. According to the firm’s lighting ...
Researchers in the USA have been working on gallium nitride phosphide (GaNP) as an absorbing material for solar power [S. Sukrittanon et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p153901, 2015]. The aim of the team from University of California San ...
Daniel Feezell, an assistant professor in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a $500,000 US National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, ...
Tags: gallium nitride, Electrical
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and space solar power markets, has announced a transition plan of its CEO position in connection with the sale of ...
Lighting shift to slash energy consumption, says IHS 04 Mar 2014 Energy used for general illumination set to plummet by a quarter between now and the end of the decade. Consumption cut: the potential impact of LEDs Analysts at the ...
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As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail. Conventional wisdom ...
Tags: smartphones, tablets, Consumer Electronics
A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range last month in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test in seven years. Engineers said the ...
Tags: Nonnuclear Components, Electronics
U.S. scientists have developed a new technology recently,it is expected to greatly enhance the cooling effect of computer and microelectronics equipment.Scientists have been apply patent for this refrigeration equipment which can cooling ...
Tags: Heat Exchanger
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has received the Association of University Research Parks' (AURP) Innovation Award for its ...
Tags: Emcore, Solar Cells, Electrical, Electronics