Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing ...

Ultraviolet light has always sat at the edge of human perception, powerful yet invisible, more associated with sterilizing ...

Researchers have built a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses and detects them at room temperature using ...

Now researchers in Japan have reported the world’s first continuous-wave UV-B semiconductor laser diode operating at room temperature on a low-cost sapphire substrate. This breakthrough by researchers ...

Researchers have solved a long-standing materials science problem, making it possible to create new semiconductor devices using zinc oxide -- including efficient ultraviolet lasers and LED devices for ...

In just two years, DARPA's Semiconductor Ultraviolet Optical Sources (SUVOS) program has made 280 nm LEDs a reality, demonstrated prototype UV biosensor and communication systems, and yielded lasers ...

Through the use of some fairly common elements, researchers from North Carolina University believe they’ve solved one of the longer-standing material science problems; that is, how to create ...

Laser engraving has become a new hobby of mine as of late. I've been tinkering around with blue diode lasers that can engrave, but seem to function better as organic material cutters. I also have an ...

Conventional deep UV LEDs (below 275nm) have long frustrated system developers with poor reliability, inefficient power consumption and suboptimal wavelength control – creating a technical ceiling for ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University have solved a long-standing materials science problem, making it possible to create new semiconductor devices using zinc oxide (ZnO) †...