CEO of CPI Visited SICCAS

 

At the invitation of Prof. Guohao Ren, Prof. Bruce H. T. Chai, the CEO of Crystal Photonics, Inc. (CPI) visited Jiading R&D center of SICCAS on December 12th, 2007.

He delivered a speech entitled “The research and development of scintillation crystals”. The young research staffs from the Jiading R&D center showed great interest in the wonderful report and had lively discussions about it.

Prof. Bruce Chai built his company in 1995, after he got his PhD degree in geology in Yale University. The main products of his company include scintillation crystals such as YSO、,GSO and NLO crystals such as YCOB, etc. His current research fields are rare earth and transition metalion-doped solid-state laser materials, nonlinear optical crystals, scintillating crystals for medical imaging, growth of large Nd-YAG slabs, and substrate materials for GaN laser diode film growth. Dr. Chai is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is not only an excellent scientist, but also a talented businessman in the materials field.

The seminar lasted two and a half hours. All attendees agreed only by combining the scientific research and market application closely, could we succeed in the materials field.