laser diode

American  

[lay-zer dahy-ohd] / ˈleɪ zər ˈdaɪ oʊd /

noun

1. Physics. a semiconductor device that uses stimulated emission to generate a beam of laser light.

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laser diode Scientific  

1. See semiconductor laser

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Example Sentences

"Given the rapid development of modern laser diode technology and electronic information technology, it should be entirely feasible to develop a more advanced and intelligent photoacoustic watch that doesn't require a backpack," said Xi.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

That study will follow 14 early-stage Parkinson’s patients for 4 years, seven of whom will be treated periodically with pulses of 670-nanometer light delivered to the brain via a thin laser diode cable.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 17, 2020

Then they had to figure out a way to deliver flashes of light to regions deep inside the brain, and settled on a fibre-optic wire attached to a laser diode.

From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015

The integration of nanowires as microscopic heating elements and a wave guided laser diode would represent a leap forward in the 100-year-old craft of air distillation.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2012

“Now you just need a light source to excite the optical medium,” says Yang, “and you can use a cheap laser diode for that instead of an expensive tunable laser.”

From US News • Jun. 29, 2011