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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-033533
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140811
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140819
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140819

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AXT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				943031310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4281 TECHNOLOGY DR.
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538
		BUSINESS PHONE:		510.438.4734

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4281 TECHNOLOGY DR.
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN XTAL TECHNOLOGY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971217

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FISCHER GARY L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001257647

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24085
		FILM NUMBER:		141052786

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4281 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538
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        <footnote id="F1">The option will vest as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option on June 2, 2015, and, thereafter, 1/48th of the shares subject to the option will vest on the second day of each month thereafter, subject to Mr. Fischer's continued employment with AXT, Inc. through each applicable vesting date.</footnote>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of AXT, Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Company</font>&#8221;), hereby constitutes and appoints May Wu, Alan Chan, Diana Huang, and [&#9679;], the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to:</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.&#160; The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> day of August, 2014.</div>

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