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The compound semiconductor industry has never been in a healthier state. Despite the tough economic climate, two of the long-established markets - GaAs-based power amplifiers for handsets and optoelectronic devices for internet infrastructure - are performing well. LED sales are booming, due to massive uptake of this light emitting chip for netbook, laptop, and TV screen backlights. Revenue from laser chips is also booming. Increasing Blu-ray player sales are driving up nitride laser production, and high-power lasers are seeing greater deployment in industry. On top of this, SiC and GaN devices are making inroads in power electronics and RF markets, and III-V multi-junction solar cells are starting to generate electricity on earth as well as in space. What’s more, there is growing interest in exotic materials, such as HgCdTe and the antimonides. 

In short, thanks to increased manufacture of chips based from GaAs, InP, GaN, SiC and other forms of compound semiconductor, sales from this industry are on the up, a trend that should continue for many years. 

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Oclaro and JDSU must be patient - May 04, 2011
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Apple leapfrogs ZTE to 4th position in handset shipments - May 04, 2011
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FEI ChemiSTEM technology enables atomic-level spectroscopy - May 04, 2011
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Constellation Energy to acquire 30 MW solar installation - May 03, 2011
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GT Solar to supply sapphire to Tera Xtal - May 03, 2011
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TowerJazz touts highest speed foundry SiGe technology - Apr 28, 2011
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Kyma cashes in with $400k grant - Apr 28, 2011
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Handset semiconductor market revenues shoot up 15% - Apr 28, 2011
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Veeco announces schedule for May and June presentations - May 05, 2011
The firm will present at two wecasted events and at two investor conferences....

JDSU revenues jump by 26.8% - May 05, 2011
The company benefited this quarter from the strong mix of new products as the result...

Quarterly results are rosy for Hittite - May 04, 2011
With an increase in quarterly revenues, profits and incomes over the same quarter last year,...

Oxford Instruments promotes Dan Ayres to General Manager - May 04, 2011
With over 10 years experience at Oxford, Ayres was Operations Director at Plasma Technology...

AXT revenues shoot up 32% from last year - May 04, 2011
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ORNL solar cell technology cranks up efficiency - May 04, 2011
The structure consists of n-type zinc oxide nanocones surrounded by a p-type polycrystalline CdTe semiconductor....

Zeroing in on the Elusive Green LED - Apr 26, 2011
Researchers have discovered a new method for boosting the light output of Green LEDs. This...

Theorists claim to have solved LED droop puzzle - Apr 20, 2011
UCSB scientists have used quantum-mechanical calculations and are backing up experimentalists by saying that LED...

Electron beams stabilise polarisation in VCSELs - Apr 15, 2011
Empa researchers used an electron microscope to stabilise the polarisation of light emitted by a...

GaAs plays a new role in organic spintronics - Apr 14, 2011
Ohio scientists say that expertise and equipment for compound semiconductor device fabrication is already in...