Sharp and Nichia have entered< This cross-licensing agreement grants each other the right to use inventions related to LEDs and laser diodes covered by the...

Sharp's plans in the laser semiconductor business include the release of the a 250mW blue laser diode for 6x recording as well as the first...

Sharp announced plans to start volume production of a High-Power Blue-Violet Laser Diode for Blu-Ray recorders powerful enough to burn dual layer Blu-ray Discs at...

Sharp announced today the succesfull develpment a 400mW red laser diode, small enough to fit in high-speed DVD burners for laptops. The Japanese company said...

Atmel announced today the availability of the ATR1841 and ATR1842 front monitor diode (FMD) ICs for use in the optical pick-up units (OPUs) of slim...

Atmel announced today the availability of the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, and CD drives. The ATR0881 is housed...

Panasonic will double production of its dual-wavelength high-power laser for DVD recorders to 10 million units a month in FY'07. Panasonic led the industry in...

Japanese Nichia Corp. has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser diode, featuring a power high enough for burning Blu-Ray and HD DVD media at high speeds...

Atmel announced today the availability of its new ATR0885 laser diode driver IC for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, CD players and PC CD-ROM drives...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a new red laser diode that supports 4x recording on dual layer DVD±R media. Sized only 3.8mm, the ML129F26 diode...