High-Power Pulsed Laser Diodes Take on New Industrial and Commercial Applications
The ability of pulsed laser diodes to provide short pulses of intense power has made them an ideal choice for military applications such as target designating and rangefinding. However, today's techonology improvements and cost reductions are opening new applications in metrology and medicine. Inexpensive laser diodes that can generate 200-ns pulses with upto 120 W of peak power are readily available in the marketplace.