Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has received two orders for research MBE machines.
The Fraunhofer HHI (Heinrich Hertz Institute) in Berlin, Germany (a research center for mobile and stationary communication networks) has ordered a gas-source MBE 412 system, to be used for terahertz photonics applications. Riber says that the MBE 412 has been chosen for its high level of flexibility, its reliability and its capacity to produce extremely complex and very high-quality semiconductor materials on large-format substrates on a reproducible basis from gas and solid sources. The system will be delivered to Fraunhofer HHI in 2016.
Riber has also sold a Compact 21 MBE system to a leading laboratory in USA, which will help to expand its research capabilities for new gallium nitride (GaN) structures. The order, recorded in November, will be delivered in 2016.
