We would like to thank the U.S. Army Research Office for its generous
financial support of the symposium.
We would also like to thank our invited speakers who contributed greatly to
the success of the meeting.
T. Azuhata, S.J. Rosner, W.W. Chow, R.J. Shul, S.P. DenBaars, M. Shur, K. Kim,
M. Suzuki, , R.J. Molnar, S. Tanaka, S.J. Pearton, M. van Schilfgaarde, F.A.
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We are also grateful to the MRS staff for their assistance in preparation of
this volume. Finally, we wish to commend and congratulate the authors for the
high quality of their presentations and papers, and for the timely submission
of their manuscripts.