Many optical components are typically constructed using materials such as gallium arsenide and indium phosphide.

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Sol Voltaics uses data from its indium phosphide nanowire research to project that its gallium arsenide nanowires will deliver a 25% efficiency gain.

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With its patented InGaP-Plus (Indium Gallium Phosphide) technology, Anadigics may have leapfrogged over its AlGaAs (Aluminum Gallium Arsenide) competitors by enabling some 20% to 25% longer cell phone battery life.

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