Product Description
The development of a blue semiconductor laser on the basis of GaN by Shuji Nakamura opens a new field for the applications of semiconductor lasers. The wavelengths can be tuned by controlling the composition. For the first time in one substrate material, lasers with various wavelenghts, ranging from red through yellow and green to blue, can be formed. This fact together with their high efficiency make GaN based lasers very useful for a wide spectrum of applications…. More >>
The Blue Laser Diode: GaN based Light Emitters and Lasers
Tags: blue laser, high efficiency, laser diode, light emitters, semiconductor laser, semiconductor lasers, shuji nakamura, substrate material, wavelenghts, wavelengths
#1 by R. G. W. Brown on June 30, 2010 - 1:00 pm
Subtitled ‘The Complete Story’ – it is not – it’s just the early years of the story. Whilst this is a very instructive book and a great introduction to the blue laser diode story and technical detail, plenty of others contributed significantly to the blue laser diode story — but that is not much of what you read in this ‘bio’ of Nakamura-san. At least you get some brief references to other teams’ contributions.
The book reads like a set of ‘cut-and-pastes’ from Nakamura and his team’s research papers – which is no bad thing. It’s certainly good to have so much really useful material in one place.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on June 30, 2010 - 1:20 pm
This book is by far, the best book I have read about the latest Blue Laser Technology. I give the content and organization of information my highest regard.
Rating: 5 / 5