Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
Tags: InGaAs MQWs, InGaAs Laser diodes, Imec and Ghent University
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) claims a record low subthreshold swing of 68mV/decade for a gallium arsenide (GaAs) field-effect transistor (FET) [SangHyeon Kim et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 24 ...
Researchers in the USA have grown two-dimensional (2D) layers of gallium nitride (GaN) using a graphene encapsulation on silicon carbide (SiC) substrate [Zakaria Y. Al Balushi et al, Nature Materials, published online 29 August 2016]. The ...
Tags: 2D GaN, graphene encapsulation, SiC
Thousands of dangerous and counterfeit toys were seized from Smartway Imports in who pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to unsafe toys. A Salford-based company has been fined almost £25,000 for selling fake and counterfeit ...
Designer Jonas Wagell expands his collaboration with Normann Copenhagen with yet another expressive, minimalist design. Happy Whale is a simple and humorous decorative figure that adds personality and character to the modern interior. ...
Ever since the Beijing Olympics, tourism has grown to become a major economic, cultural and social plus for China as it celebrates its long and special history with the rest of the world. So, too, with the rise of a middle class, more ...
Drinks giant Diageo is reportedly planning to slash around 400 jobs at its London office in order to boost profits and reduce expenditures. The move from the company is seen to be a part of a three-year initiative designed to save ...
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Each 3-inch South Park mini figure comes packaged in a blind box. Kidrobot has launched a new wave of figures inspired by the upcoming South Park: The Fractured But Whole video game. The firm's South Park: The Fractured But Whole 3" ...
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Institute of High Pressure Physics (IHPP) and TopGaN Ltd, both of Poland, have been jointly developing indium gallium nitride (InGaN) waveguide structures for use in blue laser diodes (LDs) [Grzegorz Muziol et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol9, ...
From the get go, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) had a fair share of controversies as civil society, and a number of member states, expressed their concern with seating the 2016 chair in Dubai. ...
Researchers in China have developed indium gallium nitride (InGaN) photovoltaic devices that increase in efficiency with temperature up to 423K [Zhaoying Chen et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p062104, 2016]. "The positive efficiency ...
Tags: InGaN solar cells InGaN, MOCVD, positive temperature coefficient
MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has introduced the MAAL-011129 and MAAL-011130 low-noise ...
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Family Gamer TV's Andy Robertson gets hands-on with TOMY and PlayFusion's new toys-to-life creation, set to launch in the US next year. Lightseekers is PlayFusion and TOMY’s answer to toys-to-life PlayFusion teamed up with TOMY to ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has introduced five monolithic microwave integrated circuit ...
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit developer Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added to its BroadRange family of wideband gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC distributed amplifiers with the CMD233C4, for applications including military, ...