It’s official — the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has installed the highest peak power laser diode arrays in the world. Altogether, the new system will represent a peak power of 3.2 megawatts ...

Owing to increasing consumer demand for higher data-storage capacities and the recording of high-definition television, attention is now shifting from the standard DVD to high-definition-DVD (HD-DVD) ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the first compact laser multi-chip package. The PLPM4 450 module can pack up to 20 blue laser chips into a single "butterfly" package for projection ...

It is widely recognized that high-power diode lasers (HPDLs) are compact, portable and highly reliable. Recent advances in their output power and the efficiency of their electrical-to-optical power ...