g88> I still think Geoff summed up the case for POET best when answering the question on graphene as a competitor: "...it (graphene) doesn't address the optical problem, and the optical problem IS the problem. We can't go further without improved connections, and you can't improve the connections unless you can perform the optical functions using the economies of scale that you have in microfabrication. Intuition tells you that's the way it has to be." Well said, Doc.
LOL, that was me who asked him that question at EC.
(I had to give him something useful to answer so he wouldn't continue to suffer after taking the person's question about whether their iPhone made with POET* inside would break worse if they dropped it).
all the best for 2015,
R.
* -- I think the person was confused about "GaAs" vs. "glass"