A semiconductor-based laser used to generate analog signals or digital pulses for transmission through optical fibers. Both laser diodes and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are used for this purpose, but ...

The basis of a solid-state diode laser is, of course, the diode. Laser diodes can have different emission wavelength—most of them have between 405 nm to 808 nm. The diodes usually have TO3, TO5, TO9, ...

Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to ...

Thanks to a Moore’s law rate of improvement in the bang-per-buck of GaAs diode lasers, cleaning and heating join a growing ...

In low power laser diode modules the designer has the option to use the classical discrete solution or take advantage of fully integrated driver ICs. Often the component cost is the only driving ...

The development of power diode pump laser sources that demonstrate extended life and higher brightness have resulted in this novel technology becoming commercially feasible. This effect prevents ...

Ever wonder why projector systems and televisions doesn’t use laser illumination? It isn’t for safety reasons, and it isn’t for efficiency reasons—laser diodes have efficiencies ranging from 30 to 50 ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an automotive convenience or safety feature that allows a vehicle's cruise control system to adapt the vehicle's speed ...

QPC Lasers Inc. is a vertically integrated laser diode manufacturer shipping high brightness lasers globally into several markets including medical, industrial, automotive, telecom, and consumer, from ...