Semiconductor lasers are small solid-state lasers that use a semiconductor as an active medium to amplify light through stimulated emission at inter-band transitions under high electron density in the ...

Blue lasers with surface gratings are delivering quantum precision from millimetre footprints. The visible spectrum is an exciting frontier for laser diode technology. Here emerging applications exist ...

Engineers have created a new type of semiconductor laser that accomplishes an elusive goal in the field of optics: the ability to maintain a single mode of emitted light while maintaining the ability ...

A new galvanometer-based laser processing system reported in Engineering integrates full-in-situ imaging and machining without requiring coordinate conversion or calibration, offering a streamlined ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – July 28, 2008 – Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, ...

Japan’s Shimadzu Corp has developed a blue direct diode laser (DDL), providing what is claimed to be industry-leading brightness levels. The 10W-type laser was exhibited at InterOpto 2013 at Pacifico ...

The demand for photonics technology continues to grow with popular laser applications including semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), Fabry-Perot (FP) devices and distributed feedback (DFB) lasers.

QUEBEC CITY, March 12, 2026 /CNW/ - Femtum, a developer of advanced fiber laser solutions for the manufacturing of silicon ...

Implementing strategies that slash laser diode failure rates by at least two orders of magnitude can banish ...