Semiconductor company BluGlass has appointed an Industry Advisory Board, led by University of California, Santa Barbara Professor Steven DenBaars and laser semiconductor executive Dr Richard Craig, as the company seeks to progress its gallium nitride (GaN) laser products commercially. Following an announcement last week of a world record result for power produced by a single-mode…
ASX-listed compound semiconductor developer and maker BluGlass has announced what it says is a world record for power produced by a single-mode gallium nitride (GaN) laser. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said the result of 1250 milliwatts was a more than 67 per cent improvement on its previously reported 750 milliwatt single-mode performance,…
ASX-listed semiconductor developer and maker BluGlass has announced an order worth $120,000 for “semi-custom Gallium Nitride (GaN) laser diode bar products” from the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics, a repeat customer. According to a statement on Thursday from the company, which operates across Australia and the United States, the order follows…
ARE receives $5m grant for rare earths development Australian Rare Earths has received a $5 million grant from the federal government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program. The funding will support additional metallurgical test work, completion of a pre-feasibility study and building/operating a demonstration plant at the company’s Koppamurra project, a frontier ionic clay rare…
SwarmFarm Robotics’ farm robot rolls out of new Toowoomba factory Farm robotic vehicle manufacturer SwarmFarm Robotics has released images (pictured) of the very first SwarmBot as it rolled out of the company’s new manufacturing plant in Toowoomba. SwarmBot is an autonomous platform that can be customised for tasks faced in local crop farming systems. SwarmFarm…
Semiconductor developer and maker BluGlass has announced a project with Macquarie University and defence contractor Aurizn aimed at commercialising a method of laser-based sensing for underwater environments. In a statement to the ASX on Wednesday, BluGlass said the LIDAR sensing method would be used to measure subsurface water temperature and depth, with the project part-funded…
Semiconductor developer BluGlass has announced a US$1.28 million (approximately $1.93 million) payment from an unnamed European wafer developer for intellectual property rights relating to gallium nitride (GaN) growth techniques on wafers. According to a statement from BluGlass on Thursday, it developed the specialised IP for the European client under a paid contract development program, which…
ASX-listed compound semiconductor developer BluGlass has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with US defence and dual-use photonics company, Applied Energetics, with the two companies to work together on military and commercial applications. In a statement on Friday, BluGlass said the work would leverage its high-performance gallium nitride (GaN) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers “in Applied…
ASX-listed compound semiconductor company BluGlass has received $4.3 million in commitments from institutional and sophisticated investors in what it describes as “a strongly supported share placement” at an issue price of $0.037 per share. According to an announcement from BluGlass on Monday, it is also undertaking a share purchase plan offer to enable eligible shareholders…
ASX-listed compound semiconductor developer BluGlass has announced the completed acquisition of Silicon Valley-based contract manufacturer GaNWorks Foundry and successful installation and validation of gallium nitride (GaN) wafer processing equipment onsite. BluGlass announced the acquisition of its former manufacturing partner in December last year for $US 800,000, made up of $US 120,000 cash and $US 680,000…
