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To: Sector Investor who wrote (25014)	10/8/2000 8:32:08 PM
From: delmarbill	Respond to of 42804

LMNE has been advertising for a MEMS person for a while now. From the website: MEMS Scientist- Will be responsible for initiating MEMS activity for integrated optoelectronic devices. PhD with experience in project management, R&D, and manufacturing is desired.

To: Sector Investor who wrote (25014)	10/8/2000 9:35:36 PM
From: delmarbill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

OC-768 capacity = wicked fast.. about 1000 volumes of an encyclopedia per sec, eh?

To: Sector Investor who wrote (25014)	10/8/2000 9:58:25 PM
From: delmarbill	Respond to of 42804

<<did you pick up on the MEMS mention?>> Yes, and thanks for the link. I wonder, however, if photonic crystals will win out in the end. Nature 405, 437 - 440 (2000) © Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Large-scale synthesis of a silicon photonic crystal with a complete three-dimensional bandgap near 1.5 micrometres ALVARO BLANCO, EMMANUEL CHOMSKI, SERGUEI GRABTCHAK, MARTA IBISATE, SAJEEV JOHN, STEPHEN W. LEONARD, CEFE LOPEZ, FRANCISCO MESEGUER, HERNAN MIGUEZ, JESSICA P. MONDIA, GEOFFREY A. OZIN, OVIDIU TOADER & HENRY M. VAN DRIEL Photonic technology, using light instead of electrons as the information carrier, is increasingly replacing electronics in communication and information management systems. Microscopic light manipulation, for this purpose, is achievable through photonic bandgap materials, a special class of photonic crystals in which three-dimensional, periodic dielectric constant variations controllably prohibit electromagnetic propagation throughout a specified frequency band. This can result in the localization of photons, thus providing a mechanism for controlling and inhibiting spontaneous light emission that can be exploited for photonic device fabrication. In fact, carefully engineered line defects could act as waveguides connecting photonic devices in all-optical microchips, and infiltration of the photonic material with suitable liquid crystals might produce photonic bandgap structures (and hence light-flow patterns) fully tunable by an externally applied voltage. However, the realization of this technology requires a strategy for the efficient synthesis of high-quality, large-scale photonic crystals with photonic bandgaps at micrometre and sub-micrometre wavelengths, and with rationally designed line and point defects for optical circuitry. Here we describe single crystals of silicon inverse opal with a complete three-dimensional photonic bandgap centred on 1.46 µm, produced by growing silicon inside the voids of an opal template of close-packed silica spheres that are connected by small 'necks' formed during sintering, followed by removal of the silica template. The synthesis method is simple and inexpensive, yielding photonic crystals of pure silicon that are easily integrated with existing silicon-based microelectronics. You can find the full paper by browsing this site. Go to Groups, the Canada, then VanDriel. Amazing stuff.. neci.nj.nec.com