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Building a more versatile laser

Building a more versatile laser

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the drawbacks associated with using semiconductor lasers is that many of them can only produce a beam of a single wavelength, and can only send that beam in one direction at a time. ...


Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.


World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science

World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light ...


Confined electrons live longer

Confined electrons live longer

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Electrons that are trapped in very small structures of only a few nanometer, demonstrate fascinating features. These could be useful for novel computers or semiconductor lasers. Researchers from the University ...


Big impact from tiny semiconductor lasers

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A massive European effort to develop high-brightness semiconductor lasers could transform healthcare, telecoms and display applications and make Europe an undisputed leader in the field.


New lasers drive powerful applications

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Telecoms, healthcare and display technology will be the major beneficiaries of a new generation of semiconductor lasers developed in a massive European research effort. Better cancer treatment, wider bandwidth ...


Big impact from tiny semiconductor lasers (w/Video)

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A massive European effort to develop high-brightness semiconductor lasers could transform healthcare, telecoms and display applications and make Europe an undisputed leader in the field.


Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarization

Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarization

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Applied scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, ...


Tiny lasers get a notch up

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Tiny disk-shaped lasers as small as a speck of dust could one day beam information through optical computers. Unfortunately, a perfect disk will spray light out, not as a beam, but in all directions. New theoretical results, ...


Semiconductor Lasers Generate Better Random Numbers

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (31) | comments 28

(PhysOrg.com) -- Random numbers -- numbers without any pattern -- are vital to many applications, such as computer simulations, statistics, and cryptography. There are many ways to generate them using unpredictable physical ...


Scientists demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers

Scientists demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 1

Applied scientists at Harvard collaborating with researchers at Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller ...




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