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Advances Materials During: Two significant advances materials during in materials during the past year have been (1) the growth of much better gallium arsenide and gallium phosphide single crystals through the use of liquid epitaxy techniques, and (2) the synthesis of new single-crystalline materials such as lithium tantalate and barium sodium niobate. The gallium arsenide and gallium phosphide crystals have been used in constructing improved solid-state lasers, electroluminescent lamps, and Gunn oscillators, while the latter materials have been used in nonlinear optical systems.
advances materials during in one area are tied in with or spur advances materials during in other areas. Seemingly isolated discoveries often combine to bring unexpected solutions to particular problems. They can be fitted together to form new wholes that are greater than the sum of the parts or lead to other unexpected innovations.
The unexpected discoveries or applications are called serendipitous.3 Effects that combine or interact are called synergistic. Too often, we underrate them.
Within the last decade great advances materials during have been made in the development of more precise radiation measuring instruments. At present there are a very great number of different types of commercial instruments available, but it is interesting and important to note that—though they differ greatly in appearance and in mechanical or electronic arrangement—the basic principle is, in almost all cases, either measurement of ionization or of luminescence. The advances materials during in instrument design which have occurred have thus been largely with respect to the use of new electronic means of increasing sensitivity and accuracy.
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