UVTON, a Columbia-based Deep UV LED-based device and solutions provider, has announced sales of DUV LEDs with peak emission wavelength shorter than 365nm. The company signed an agreement with the pioneer of this technology, Columbia-based Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi). SETi is a subsidiary of Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.. Under the terms of the agreement UVTON is granted an exclusive rights as a supplier of TO-packaged DUV LEDs in the United States. “This is the first step in expanding UVTON business opportunities in D...

USTC team shows how smaller chip size can deliver higher AlGaN-based DUV LED light output power density and peak external quantum efficiency Deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source have numerous valuable applications, including germicidal irradiation, phototherapy, water/air/food sterilization, and optical communication. But while research on AlGaN-based DUV LEDs has made exciting progress, their industrial applications are still in their infancy. This is because of their limited wall plug efficiency (WPE) which is cause by low external quantum efficiency (E...

A new study published by researchers at Tohoku University in Japan introduced a novel solution for realizing high speed light transmission via deep UV (DUV) LEDs. The results were published in Applied Physics Letters on July 22, 2020. The research team highlighted two major issues of using LEDs as light source for wireless communication. One thing is that faster modulation requires smaller device size but smaller LEDs usually lack power. Another issue is that both visible and infrared optical wireless communications can have significant solar interference. To av...

German semiconductor equipment provider AIXTRON announced its partnership with Nagoya University in Japan. The equipment maker has delivered a Close Coupled Showerhead® (CCS) system to the University’s Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS). AIXTRONs 3x2-inch Flip Top CCS MOCVD platform is intended for research in the field of GaN-based deep ultra-violet (DUV) optoelectronic devices. Specially designed for research and small series production, the AIXTRON system enables real scaling from R&D ...