Semiconductor Today’s editorial features "Red lasers from III-nitride nanowire forests on silicon"

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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical communication, the team from University of Michigan and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) studied the small-signal modulation characteristics."

"Other potential applications include mobile projectors, head-up displays in automobiles, and photodynamic therapy. Production on silicon promises lower-cost production and mass manufacturing."

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2015/apr/kaust_290415

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/features/PDF/semiconductor-today-may-june2015-Red-lasers.pdf​​

DOI: 10.1063/1.4913317​

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2015/apr/kaust_290415.shtml