Living bacteria embedded in silicone can absorb green LED light and re-emit it as red, offering a potential sustainable ...

A Japanese company named Sumitomo Electric Industries has developed “the world’s first (pure) green laser diode.” This development could result in TVs and pocket projectors that are superior “in terms ...

Ever wonder why projector systems and televisions doesn’t use laser illumination? It isn’t for safety reasons, and it isn’t for efficiency reasons—laser diodes have efficiencies ranging from 30 to 50 ...

LEDs form an inevitable part in the modern electronics as simple indicators to optical communication devices. Light Emitting Diodes exploit the property of the p-n junction to emit photons when it is ...

The lighting industry has been buzzing with news of solid-state light source advancements for several years. As one light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture manufacturer puts it, flat printed ...

In a development that will be welcomed by those awaiting the advent of high-brightness pico-projectors, Germany’s Osram Opto Semiconductors (Osram OS) has launched its first diode lasers to emit ...

Berlin research institute will also showcase advances in UV LEDs and high-power laser diodes at next week’s ‘Photonics Days’ event. Laser researchers from Berlin’s Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) are ...