Definitions

1. Laser diodes are also frequently used to optically pump other lasers with high efficiency. (Web site)
2. Laser diodes are sometimes referred to (somewhat redundantly) as injection laser diodes or by the acronyms LD or ILD. (Web site)
3. Laser diodes are often directly modulated, that is the light output is controlled by a current applied directly to the device. (Web site)
4. Laser diodes are commonly used in optical storage devices and for high speed optical communication. (Web site)
5. All laser diodes are based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Semiconductor Diodes

1. Manufactures automatic test systems and evaluation equipment for semiconductor diodes, laser diodes and LEDs.

Avalanche Photodiodes

1. Used in infrared sensors, avalanche photodiodes, laser diodes, optical fiber communication detectors, and short-wavelength infrared cameras.

Superluminescent Diodes

1. Superluminescent diodes are similar to laser diodes in that they utilize an optical waveguide, but optical feedback is suppressed. (Web site)

Conventional Lasers

1. Laser diodes differ from conventional lasers, such as the helium-neon (He-Ne), ruby, and gas types, in several ways.

Injection Laser Diodes

1. The former devices are sometimes referred to as injection laser diodes to distinguish them from optically pumped laser diodes. (Web site)

Cd Player Laser Diodes

1. However, it doesn't take much to blow them (see the sections: "How do I use a visible laser diode?" and "CD player laser diodes"). (Web site)

Examples

1. Examples are LEDs, optical couplers, laser diodes, and photo detectors.

Field

1. The book on "Semiconductor Lasers", first published in 1986, has helped graduate students and engineers in learning the field of laser diodes. (Web site)
2. Since the breakthrough demonstration of blue laser diodes by Shuji Nakamura in 1995, this field has experienced tremendous growth worldwide. (Web site)

Manufacturer

1. Manufacturer of high quality optics, specialized mechanical components and instruments for use with laser diodes. (Web site)

Frequency Range

1. Newer designs replace the flash lamps with laser diodes that are tuned to produce most of their energy in a frequency range that is strongly absorbed. (Web site)

Diode

1. The thus prepared multilayered structure was cut into a plurality of laser diodes, such that each diode had a laser emitting face. (Web site)

Laser

1. Laser diodes When an LED-like structure is contained in a resonant cavity formed by polishing the parallel end faces, a laser can be formed. (Web site)
2. See the chapter: Laser and Parts Sources for suppliers of both raw laser diodes and laser diode modules. (Web site)

Design

1. These methods are exploited in the design of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and laser diodes.

Cavity

1. Most laser diodes have the cavity built right into the device but there are such things as external cavity diode lasers. (Web site)

Facet

1. Laser diodes may be subject to catastrophic optical damage, when the light output exceeds a critical level and causes melting of the facet. (Web site)

Power

1. Laser diodes have less attenuation than LEDs and use less power.

Amplifiers

1. Innovative optical devices have emerged from the integration of semiconductor laser diodes, amplifiers and filters with optical waveguide technology.

Light

1. Wavelengths in this range are short compared with those of light generated by conventional laser diodes that emit red or green light. (Web site)

Optics

1. Opto-mechanics, optics, opto-electronics, laser diodes, fiber optics and ASE test sources as well as fiber optic amplifiers.
2. Discussion on laser diodes in laser printers "I just acquired the optics from a dead laser printer and have been trying to understand it. (Web site)

Light-Emitting Diodes

1. Compound semiconductor diodes can also be used to generate light, as in light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. (Web site)

Output Power

1. Output power and stability of laser diodes in bars are of crucial importance and any degradation during normal use is a significant disadvantage. (Web site)

Silicon

1. Silicon is an indirect bandgap semiconductor, and hence is not generally useful for light-emitting diodes or laser diodes.

Diodes

1. Almost all commercial laser diodes since the 1990s have been SCH quantum well diodes. (Web site)

Bandgap

1. It also has a direct bandgap, making it useful for optoelectronics devices like laser diodes. (Web site)

Lasers

1. Lasers (now typically laser diodes) are used because they generate a coherent beam of light for a high degree of accuracy.
2. Light sources used are lasers, for example laser diodes, which operate in the range from 600 to 700 nm. (Web site)

Leds

1. Sources such as LEDs, laser diodes, and lasers.
2. The most commonly-used optical transmitters are semiconductor devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. (Web site)
3. Therefore, its most common potential applications are in laser diodes and light emitting diodes (LEDs).

Laser Diodes

1. Unlike silicon it is direct bandgap, and so can be used in laser diodes and LEDs to directly convert electricity into light. (Web site)
2. The prime example of a direct bandgap semiconductor is gallium arsenide - a material commonly used in laser diodes.
3. They include light emitters (LEDs and laser diodes) and detectors (photodiodes).

Categories

1. Leds
2. Energy > Electricity > Electronics > Lasers
3. Bandgap
4. Diodes
5. Science > Physics > Optics > Fiber Optics
6. Books about "Laser Diodes" in Amazon.com
   

Continue: More Keywords - - - - - - - - - -