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III-Vs bring a new meaning to dual-use technology

✍ Scribed by Roy Szweda


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
145 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
0961-1290

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✦ Synopsis


In these days of the 'dual-use' cliche, it i5 intriguing to learn that our own ltt-Vs technology can not only destroy but also restore sight. In round two of the Gulf War, Coalition forces' laser guided bombs and antiradar missiles are "poking Saddam's eyes out". The keys to the success of these surgically precise weapons are III-Vs devices. Curious then that III-Vs is capable of a different kind of surgical precision. Thanks to III-Vsbased laser technology, a new British instrument is restoring the eyesight of diabetics.