Nichia to ship green laser for pico projectors in august, volume production in summer 2011

Nichia's green laser for pico-projectors is ready, and the company will start shipping samples in August. They plan to start volume production in summer 2011. The oscillation wavelength of the laser is 510nm, which is a little short for green color, but Nichia claims that the laser looks green.

Nichia says that their laser directly emits green light (as opposed to infrared with a second harmonic generation or blue laser converted to green using fluorescent materials). So the diode is smaller than what's currently available.

The optical output of the green diode laser is 50mW when driven at 200mA and 5V (case temperature: 25°C). The life of the laser (the time until its current increases to 1.3 times the initial current value) is estimated to be 10,000 hours if it is used at the optical output of 50mW and at a constant output (APC) under continuous operation (case temperature: 60°C).

Via TechOn