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Free Seminar - April Section

To focus and stimulate technology transfer and development of respective critical components industries in Optics, Mechanical, Electronics, Magnetic, Chemical and Environmental Engineering and IT, TechMart of Hong Kong Productivity Council is liaising with Hong Kong Critical Components Manufacturers Association (HKCCMA), America Hong Kong Electronics Association (AHKEA) and Hong Kong Optoelectronics Association (HKOEA) to support and serve the role to foster technology exchange, transfer and commercialization of respective critical components industries between Hong Kong, China and overseas.
 

TechMart joins with AHKEA, HKCCMA and HKOEA to organize and provide a series of monthly free seminars.  The April Section was held on 26 April 2004 at CEPA Business Centre,  5/F HKPC Building.
 

The following two talks were presented:

Title : The new comer, polymer optical fibre --- its advantages, disadvantages, applications and market situation.
Guest Speaker: Prof. Pak Chu, Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, City U

Polymer optical fibre is a newcomer to the field of communication and sensing although it has been used in lighting and decoration for some time. This is spurred on by the recent development of low loss graded-index polymer fibre. It has many superior advantages over glass fibre such as negotiating a sharp corner, low joint loss and large optical power carrying capacities etc. This fibre will find applications in short distance communication systems such as motor vehicle network, home and office networks etc. In this talk, a brief review of the polymer fibre properties, its manufacture and applications will be described. The present marketing situation of this fibre will also be discussed.

Since 1987 OLED performance has reached to a stage whereby commercial realization becomes a reality. In Hong Kong, research into OLED device and materials started about 8 years ago, and within those 8 years many groups in several universities have began their research into OLED. Funds from both Research Grant Council and Innovation and Technology Commission have boosted the research effort with commendable end results. To the point now that Hong Kong OLED industry has began to ship products and the Hong Kong OLED activities reflect the rising of OLED market worldwide. In this talk, a review of the OLED technology will be conducted; the design of OLED and the materials used will be presented. Then, a discussion on the fabrication process will follow. Finally, the trend in panel design and application will be presented. Throughout this talk, some of the critical points and issues will be highlighted.

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