Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that Seoul-based LG Innotek (a subsidiary of South Korean electronics company LG Group) has selected an AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) reactor for the development of ...
Tags: SiC Epiwafers, Aix G5 WW System
Temperature measurement during metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of GaN-on-silicon (GaN/Si) devices is challenging, notes in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany. Theoretically, conventional infrared ...
Tags: MOCVD, GaN devices
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany received the CS High-Volume Manufacturing Award 2016 for its new fully automated AIX G5+ C metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system at this year's CS ...
Tags: Aixtron, MOCVD, CS industry Awards, GaN-on-Si
After unveiling its third generation of in-situ metrology tools last October, in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that the EpiTT Gen3 is now available as the first representative of this Gen3 product class. ...
Tags: UV LED epitaxy, sapphire
The global LED production equipment market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 5% to $1.5bn in 2019, forecasts a report by analysts at Technavio. Demand for LED production equipment is currently being heavily ...
Tags: LEDs, LED Production
Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ryukoku University and Microwave Chemical Co Ltd have jointly developed a microwave heating system that uses 500W-output gallium nitride (GaN) amplifier modules as heat sources. The ...
Two Chinese nuclear power giants on Wednesday concluded a deal on a joint venture to promote China's third-generation nuclear reactor design, Hualong One, in overseas markets technologies. The Hualong international nuclear power ...
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made public the country's first software package tailored to its own nuclear power technology on Thursday, a crucial step for exporting nuclear construction. "This package covers the design, ...
Tags: Software, Nuclear Power Technology
Construction of the second unit of a pilot nuclear power project began in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province on Tuesday. The project will use the domestically-developed third generation reactor Hualong One technology. Hualong One ...
Construction on the first unit of a pilot nuclear power project using a Chinese reactor design began in south China on Thursday. Workers on Thursday morning broke ground on the unit that will use Hualong One technology, a ...
Tags: Nuclear Power Project
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made public the country's first software package tailored to its own nuclear power technology on Thursday, a crucial step for exporting nuclear construction. "This package covers the design, ...
Tags: CNNC, nuclear construction, nuclear power
Restart of nuclear reactors in Japan, growing renewable sources of energy and a slow economy are expected to push down the country's LNG consumption by 2020 by as much as 10.5% from 2014 levels, Eclipse Energy said this week. Japan's LNG ...
Tags: nuclear reactors, LNG
German day-ahead baseload power prices dropped below Eur30/MWh Thursday as wind power output was forecast to rise above 20 GW ahead of calmer weather conditions, which lifted contracts further out, a source said. Baseload power for ...
Tags: nuclear, lignite, coal-fired power
Researchers in Germany are proposing scandium nitride (ScN) as a suitable buffer for gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon (Si) growth [L. Lupina et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p201907, 2015]. The attraction of ScN is a very small mismatch ...
Tags: GaN devices, microscope