MOVPE - IS THERE ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY FOR OPTOELECTRONICS

This paper examines the role that MOVPE (metalorganic vapor phase epit axy) plays in optoelectronics technology. Its role today accounts for similar to 15% of the grown devices. However, the technology's contrib ution over the industry is uneven ranging from as much as 100% in the case of solar cells and photocathodes to only a few percent in today's LED production. Total usage of MOVPE, and its usage for LEDs, are exp ected to increase with time to a total contribution to the industry of as much as 25% by the year 2000.