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

1 min read · Wed, Apr 29 2015

Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires grown on silicon. With a view to plastic fiber optical communication, potential applications include mobile projectors, head-up displays in automobiles, and photodynamic therapy. Production on silicon promises lower-cost production and mass manufacturing.

Anwar Gasim

M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Anwar Gasim obtained a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Boon Ooi at Photonics Laboratory at King Abdullah University Of Science and Technology (KAUST). He completed his courses and worked on his thesis which was on the topic of solid-state lighting. With 20% of the energy produced worldwide being spent on lighting, it is not surprising that the conventional light sources that we use are inefficient. Switching to solid-state lighting, which is based on LEDs, could cut this figure by half. The most promising material for the development of inherent