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Product

Gallium Arsenide Wafers

Epitaxial wafers made from gallium arsenide, a compound semiconductor used in lasers, LEDs, solar cells and radio-frequency chips.

Covered in 1 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence article, most recently on August 25, 2026.

Coverage

Startup Raises $40 Million to Build AI Data Center Lasers That Skip the Indium Shortage

Photonics startup Quintessent raised $40 million to commercialize a gallium arsenide laser chip for AI data centers, built as an alternative to indium phosphide lasers, whose supply China's export licensing has constrained since 2025.

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