Researchers based in USA have been studying performance improvements in aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) ultraviolet (UV) avalanche photodiodes (APDs) gained from using free-standing gallium nitride substrates instead of gallium nitride on ...
Tags: AlGaN, Ultraviolet photodetectors, HVPE
Queen Nazli of Egypt wore this Van Cleef & Arpels necklace to her daughter’s wedding in 1939. Sotheby’s said she attended the event “literally covered in diamonds.” A platinum and diamond necklace made in 1939 for ...
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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
Monocrystal demonstrated its capability to grow high quality 300 kg sapphire crystal through its proprietary modified Kyropoulos method. Sapphire grown by Monocrystal has become the material of choice in such applications as LEDs, ...
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iFixit recent teardown of iPod touch 6 revealed the absence of sapphire covered lens, reported Apple Insider. Despite upgrading the rear camera resolution to 8 megapixel, making it more comparable to the iPhone 6, the scratch resilient ...
Tags: Apple, iPod touch 6, Sapphire Covered Lens
The 16.08-carat, VVS2 clarity diamond is the largest cushion-shaped fancy vivid pink ever to be offered at auction. It brought in $1.8 million per carat. Geneva--A new world auction record for a vivid pink diamond was set overseas on ...
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The LED industry is gradually maturing in 2015, with products cost/performance (C/P) ratio becoming increasingly important. Low and mid-power flip chip products are increasingly valued by the industry. To further understand this trend ...
Tags: LED industry, LED chip, Chip Scale Packaging
Rubicon Technology (Rubicon), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, and optical industries, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015 and announced the signing of ...
HC Semitek announced Tuesday night that it will be acquiring 100% of Crystaland shares for RMB 1.08 billion (US $170 million), according to a Chinese-language Securities Times report. Following the transaction, Crystaland will become a ...
Tags: HC Semitek, Crystaland, LED tube lights
According to the data compiled by NPD, U.S. watch sales fell to a seven-year low in June 2015. Retailers sold $375 million timepieces during June, 11% less than one year ago. It is the worst decline since 2008, unit sales dropped 14 %. ...
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Previous rumors surrounding Apple’s sapphire usage were focused on whether iPhones would be equipped with sapphire screens in the future, but new reports claim the company has received a new sapphire antenna patent. The U.S. Patent ...
Soraa, the world leader in the development of advanced lighting products and gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN) LED technology, announced today that it will open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, New York. In ...
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The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire
In a dramatic change from the status quo, nearly half of all gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs will be produced on silicon substrates by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new report by analysts at IHS, who forecast that the ...
Tags: LED Production, GaN LEDs, sapphire wafers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the 2014 edition of its Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Roadmap. The Roadmap, which complements the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan, intended for R&D programs, aims to guide ...
Tags: LED, OLED Lighting