The company arising from the 2005 private equity buyout of the Agilent's semiconductor products group is returning to public listing to pay off some of its debts.

Carbon monoxide can now be detected by vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, thanks to a design that pushes emission out to 2.3 microns.

ADS, the modeling package used by GaAs manufacturers worldwide, now also simulates electromagnetic interactions in three dimensions, helping to avoid packaging issues than can scupper well-designed RFICs.

German maker of concentrator systems featuring III-V components believes that many new cell companies are about to enter the market.

Wireless chip makers targeting the in-home cellphone booster boxes will have to support a mixture of radio interfaces, from GSM to WiMAX, and wait until 2010 for major deployments.

The laser chip and module manufacturer is seeing increased bandwidth demand driving strong growth, but must also work to improve on limited profitability in the sector.

Swedish company Obducat, which specializes in nano-imprint lithography equipment, is set to ship at least two tools to Luxtaltek, a new Taiwanese maker of photonic crystal LEDs.

Emitting at 1543 and 1571 nm simultaneously, the InAs-on-InP device looks like the first dual-wavelength self-modelocked source.

The popularity of the company's GaAs BiFETs for 3G handsets has been a mixed blessing, with its 10-year veteran CEO departing as it counts the cost of failing to meet demand in 2007.

Because they use GaAs instead of germanium substrates, NREL scientists can readily exploit the ideal combination of materials to produce a compound semiconductor cell.

The LED maker’s vertical integration pays off at the packaged chip level, but at the price of reduced annual profits.

The chemicals-and-electronics group is shelving its $10 million investment because of slower growth in demand for LCD backlighting.

Reducing the gate length of PHEMTs with an InAs channel helps set the frequency standard in research part-funded by Intel.

Doubts over cell customer Green and Gold Energy hit Emcore's solar business, but with plenty more customers in the pipeline CEO Hong Hou aims for an initial public offering in 2009.

Efforts to accelerate the development of the company’s Asian operation to increase output prove unnecessary, as cellphone customers turn to PA makers more capable of meeting their demands.

Despite economic worries, yet more firms are looking to make compound semiconductor chips for display backlighting, says the epitaxy equipment manufacturer.

Increasing sales and an order for 63 kW of GaAs-based fiber-lasers to weld car doors demonstrate growing confidence in the effectiveness of laser manufacturing tools.

The US Environmental Protection Agency says that it is determined to work closely with the Department of Energy on solid-state lighting standards, after the latter accuses the EPA of misrepresenting its Energy Star criteria.

The sapphire substrate maker highlights that larger wafer sizes and Taiwanese LCD manufacturers are beginning to make their mark on the LED industry.

An 850 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser capable of achieving data rates of up to 25 Gbit/s makes its debut.