The international conference on II–VI compounds & devices

✍ Scribed by Wyn Meredith

• Book ID: 104368709
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 438 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0961-1290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0961-1290(96)80176-1

✦ Synopsis

An atmosphere of anticipation resided at the opening session of this, the seventh international II-VI conference. Over the past two years

since the last meeting at Newport, Rhode Island, the only headline news in the II-VI community was the slow but a relentless increase in the lifetimes of blue emitting laser diodes. Delegates attending the device sessions expected something spectacular, since a//the major players, Sony, Phillips, 3M and Brown-Purdue had something to say. From very early on in the conference the message was clear; there are no shortcuts in the development of these devices. The problems hinted at four years ago, and highlighted two years ago, are still with us, the community just has a greater insight into them now. Overall, however, the underlying feel of this meeting was of diversification and expansion of the range of research undertaken in the II-VI field, along with a more concentrated effort on the problems specific to lasers and LEDs.