A talk with the founder president of OIDA

Arpad A. Bergh is president of the Optoelectronics Industry Development Ass ociation (OIDA). He received his BS and MS degrees from the University of S zeged in Hungary, and Ns PhD in physical chemistry from the University of P ennsylvania. His career began at Bell Tabs, where he supervised the develop ment of GaP electroluminescent devices and was promoted to head the compoun d semiconductor materials development department, responsible for lasers, l ight-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors and microwave devices. When Bel lcore was formed in 1984, he became executive director of applied research program development. He started OIDA in 1991 and became its full-time presi dent in 1994. Besides holding 11 patents, he has written numerous papers, c ontributed a chapter to a book on optoelectronics integration and coauthore d a book on LEDs. He is a fellow of IEEE. Milton Chang Is a founder and chairman of New Focus and Focused Research, a nd sits on the boards of Arcturus Engineering. Euphonix, Gadzoox Networks. Iridex, LightConnect, Lightwave Electronics, New Focus and Optical Micro-Ma chines. He is a fellow of OSA and LIA, and is on the board of governors of IEEE/LEOS. He welcomes you comments and can be reached at mmtchang@newfocus .com. Other articles he has written can be downloaded from www.newfocus.com .