The value of R1 is determined by the maximum laser current required (in this case, 250 mA), adjusted by the laser diode's typical forward voltage of 2.0 V as given on the datasheet. Solving for R1 ...

Continuous-wave laser diodes in precision-instrument applications require constant-current sources to drive them. Proper design of such a driver must involve careful tackling of robustness, stability, ...

Touted as the market's lowest-power laser diode driver, the MAX3930 is designed to directly modulate laser diodes at data rates up to 10.7 Gb/s while drawing only 108 mA from a single +5V or -5.2V ...

Contains various protection circuits such as laser diode overcurrent and short detection, thermal shutdown and photodiode overcurrent detection. The device has passed the AEC-Q100 (Grade 2) compatible ...

LED applications will become the driving force of the bulk GaN market, surpassing established laser diode (LD) and emerging power electronics segments. However, major changes could occur if 4 bulk GaN ...

BluGlass, the Australia-based maker of gallium nitride laser (GaN) diodes, says it has acquired the GaNWorks foundry in Silicon Valley that it had previously used as a contract manufacturer.. At a ...

Efficient Power Conversion has introduced a 28A 1.2ns laser pulser demonstration and development board built around one if its GaN power transistors. The intended application is ‘time-of-flight’ range ...

Company to Demonstrate GaN based Laser Products Along with New Innovations in LiFi Communication, High Efficiency Laser Diodes for AR/VR Applications and Optical Power Transfer at the SPIE ...

The RLD90QZW3 is a 75W infrared high optical output laser diode designed for LiDAR used in distance measurement and spatial recognition in 3D ToF (Time of Flight) systems. Leveraging original device ...

Small is the new big. China, Taiwan, and United States physicists have teamed up to develop the world’s smallest semiconductor laser. This emerging photonic technology breakthrough has potential ...