Nichia Starts Sample Shipments of Green Laser
Nichia has succeeded in deleloping green GaN-based laser diode for use mainly in pico projectors, and will start its shipment from August. The green laser...
Panasonic to Raise its Annual Production Output of Dual-wavelength High-power Laser For DVD Recorders
Panasonic has achieved the cumulative sales quantity for its dual-wavelength high-power laser for DVD recorders to 300 million units in April, 2010. 
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First Germanium Laser Bring Us Closer To Computers That Use Light Instead Of Electricity To Move Data
MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It's also the...
Sharp Develops New Laser For Recording on Multi-layer Blu-ray Discs
Sharp developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser powerful enough to burn on triple- and quadruple-layer Blu-ray discs. Since beginning mass production of the industry's first infrared...
World's Smallest Semiconductor Laser Heralds New Era in Optical Science
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable...
Nichia Starts Engineering Sample Shipments of 488nm Blue-green Semiconductor Laser
Japanese Nichia has succeeded in developing 488nm blue-green GaN-based laser diode, will start its shipment from March. The company confirmed that estimated life time exceeded...
Highly Efficient Ultraviolet Laser Promises Higher Optical Recording Densities
Japanese researchers have developed a new ultraviolet semiconducting material that could provide various new functions, such as a higher optical recording density and the excitation...
Mitsubishi Announces, 640 nm 150 mW CW Laser Diode
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has completed development of the ML520G51 high output red laser diode. The diode is capable of the worlds highest...
Panasonic Develops VCSEL Laser with 12Gbps Data Transmission Rate
Panasonic today announced the development of the 850 nm AlGaAs/GaAs VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) capable of high speed 12.5 Gbps modulation at low...
