In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

The first operational high-power laser interception system, dubbed “Iron Beam,” has been delivered to the Israel Defense ...

SPADs employ an avalanche process to generate significant current from a single photon. That results in higher power ...

The AR Alliance, a division of SPIE focused on augmented reality (AR), proudly announces the addition of Aluvia Photonics, ColorChip Group LTD, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, ...

Starfire hub, funded by U.S. DOE, is developing fusion energy solutions, led by LLNL. Artist’s rendering of a diode laser module with beam shaping. The Starfire Hub – an initiative funded by the U.S.

Semiconductor laser diodes (SLDs) are often packaged with a photodiode. The output current from this photodiode can be monitored to regulate the output power intensity of the laser diode. SLDs, ...

Peter Fuhr’s work in science is often visible passing through the night sky overhead. NASA satellites, launched at the beginning of his long career, still carry the semiconductor laser diode arrays ...

SemiNex Corporation, a manufacturer of high-power semiconductor laser diodes and optical amplifiers, has won Gold Honoree in the 2024 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards for its high-power gain chips ...

Abstract: High-power laser diodes are used in various military, medical, and industrial applications. In this paper, the unique driving requirements of a high power pulsed laser diode array have been ...