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Dr. DenBaars is a Professor of Materials and Co-Director of the
Solid-State Lighting Center at UC Santa Barbara. From 1988-1991
Prof. DenBaars was a member of the technical staff at Hewlett-
Packard's Optoelectronics Division involved in the growth and
fabrication of visible LEDs. Specific research interests include
growth of wide-bandgap semiconductors (GaN based), and
their application to Blue LEDs and lasers and high power electronic devices.
This research has lead to the first US university demonstration of a Blue GaN
laser diode and over 7 patents pending on GaN growth and processing. In
1994 he received a NSF Young Investigator award.
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