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Headline News
9 February 2010
Sapphire faces shortage in second-half 2010, to be resolved in early 2011
2-inch price to rise by 40% in 2010 as 3/4-inch drops 20%.
8 February 2010
Veeco’s MOCVD revenue more than doubles sequentially
Strong demand as LED makers ramp up for backlighting and general illumination.
8 February 2010
Germanium lines up bands for laser action
MIT reports first room-temperature Ge-on-Si laser.
8 February 2010
Application-oriented quantum theory for infrared nitride lasers?
Bulk InGaN substrates could access telecom wavelengths.
5 February 2010
Opnext revenue falls a further 6% quarter-to-quarter
March-quarter rebound being driven by 40G subsystem recovery.
Other News and Products
9 February 2010
Advanced Photonix minimizes drop in margin despite sales slump
9 February 2010
UCSB orders Aixtron Black Magic PECVD system
8 February 2010
3S closes acquisition of Avensys
8 February 2010
Sapphicon and AWR partner to develop SoS PDKs
8 February 2010
Gain Microwave launches high-power 6GHz GaN HFET RF switch
8 February 2010
Alaska’s Valdez joins LED City program
8 February 2010
TriQuint unveils RF front-end optimized to support 3G chipset solutions from Qualcomm
8 February 2010
GigOptix gives update and outlook for 2010
5 February 2010
LayTec develops AbsoluT for precise on-site temperature calibration
5 February 2010
SETI wins $500,000 SBIR award from NSF to advance deep UV LEDs
5 February 2010
Umwelt-Sonne-Energie completes 1.9MWp Solyndra CIGS PV project in Belgium
Features
5 February 2010
LayTec GmbH company profile
LayTec provides in-situ optical metrology systems for thin-film processes. The tools are used in a range of thin-film applications, such as compound semiconductors, photovoltaic, oxide and organic deposition.
1 January 2010
Advances in nitride precursors pave way to HB-LED mass production
SAFC Hitech discusses the demands on nitride MOCVD precursor manufacturing.
Recruitment
Crystal Growth Engineer (EFG, Czochralski, HDSM)
Rubicon Technology Inc, Franklin Park, IL, USA
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