However, realizing a practical far-ultraviolet light source requires a blue semiconductor laser with a wavelength around 460 nm. Originally designed for Blu-ray technology, blue nitride ...

However, a practical far-ultraviolet light source requires a blue semiconductor laser with a wavelength of around 460 nm. Originally developed for Blu-ray applications, blue nitride semiconductor ...

The realization of compact and reliable diode-pumped solid-state lasers that emit UV light is now opening the door to new industrial applications. Neil Savage describes the uses of the technology ...

Following along similar hacks which tore the laser diode out of Blu-ray players to expose PCBs ... They solved it by adding a glass plate with a UV filtering film on it. Only the most focused ...

While [Micah] want’s to use these Blu-ray drives for laser graffiti, there are a number of other slightly more useful reasons for the build. With a DVD drive, you can hold a red blood cell in ...