gallium arsenide

noun

: a synthetic compound GaAs used especially as a semiconducting material

Examples of gallium arsenide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The team, led by lifelong topological quantum computing devotee Robert Willett, is sandwiching a thin sheet of gallium arsenide in between two other semiconducting slabs. —IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025

The increase is attributed to higher demand for indium phosphide (InP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025

Engineers can bond gallium arsenide dies or small wafers to silicon waveguides, then build the lasers on top, a process that requires specialized equipment and results in material waste. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025

So Harry and his team are exploring the trade-offs and developing a lot of new cells that are much cheaper and lighter: Cells made with thin films of perovskites or semiconductors like gallium arsenide, cells that use quantum dots, or use waveguides or other optics to concentrate the light. —IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gallium arsenide

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