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To: VINTHO who wrote (38176)1/12/1999 5:11:00 PM
From: BillyG  Read Replies (2) of 50808
 
Nichia set to sample 400-nm laser diode
eetimes.com

By Yoshiko Hara
EE Times
(01/12/99, 3:15 p.m. EDT)

ANAN, Japan — A short wavelength laser that could essentially double or
triple the capacity of an optical disk will be available for sampling from
Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd. in February.

Nichia, a leading supplier of InGaN-based blue-violet laser diodes, next
month will sample a 400-nanometer violet semiconductor laser with a lifetime
of about 10,000 hours and a constant output power of 5 milliwatts. Production
is expected to begin soon after sampling commences.

Nichia has already presented papers on laser diodes with lifetimes of 10,000
hours when operating at 2 mW output power. For commercialization, Nichia
has improved the structure between the sapphire substrate and the laser
diode structure.

The DVD Forum said a short wavelength laser in the blue or shorter range is
the key component for a third-generation DVD-RAM disk with a capacity
above 15 Gbytes.

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