Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Blue and UltraViolet LED's
Message-ID: <1990Jul11.233848.29098@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <17596.2699d803@uctvax>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 90 23:38:48 GMT

In article <17596.2699d803@uctvax> murray@uctvax writes:
>Also does anybody out there know anything about the possibility of building
>a LED in ultraviolet? I know about IR LED's, but a UV LED would be useful!

If you thought a blue LED was a long time coming, I suggest not holding
your breath waiting for UV LEDs.  The problems get exponentially worse,
so to speak, as the wavelength shortens.
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