Santa Clara, CA”November 10, 2003″Making a dramatic entry into a fast-growing market, National Semiconductor Corporation introduced laser diode drivers (LDDs) that will allow desktop and notebook ...

If you’ve played around with laser diodes that you’ve scavenged from old equipment, you know that it can be a hit-or-miss proposition. (And if you haven’t, what are you waiting fo… ...

Things are looking dicey for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, because a key component has suddenly become scarce: blue laser diode yield rates are only 30% according to Nichia, a company responsible for ...

[Jens] decided he wanted to try building his own laser cutter to see just how much you can actually cut with a fairly low power 300mW laser diode. He was inspired by a similar project from earlier ...

8x DVD dual-layer write speed. The new devices extend Atmel's existing family of laser diode drivers with Low Voltage Differential Signals (LVDS) for enhanced write speed. The ATR0839 and ATR0849 ...

Blue laser diodes used for HD-DVD and Blu-ray systems need a voltage source, which is capable of handling higher voltages than the 5V commonly used for DVD and CD laser diodes. To meet this demand ...

Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives ...

Atmel has announced the availability of a laser diode driver IC (ATR0881) for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, and CD optical drives, with the company claiming the solution is the industry's ...

LONDON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004--The market for gallium nitride (GaN) laser diodes will grow at a CAAGR of 195 percent through 2008, according to a new study from Strategy Analytics, the ...

With ultraviolet laser emission now possible in the form of a semiconductor diode, this opens the door for the next generation of laser-based consumer devices. Nature Photonics, 2008.