Conference on Recent Applications of Semiconductors, Southampton, September 1963

Abstract

A two-day conference on new semiconductro applications was held at Southampton in September 1963. Although some attention was paid to conventional devices, such as the diode, most of the papers covered less familiar fields. The discovery of efficient recombination radiation, notably in GaAs, has led to the development of semiconductor lamps and a number of other optical devices. Semiconductors are being used effectively in the detection of far infra-red and particle radiation. There have been notable advances in semiconductor transducers for use as strain gauges and it is likely that piezoelectric effects at microwave frequencies will find practical application. It seems that the galvanomagnetic and thermomagnetic effects are stimulating renewed interest. Future applications may well be based on the concept of the solid state plasma.