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A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode in which a diode pumped directly with electrical current can create lasing conditions at the diode's junction.: 3
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser diode | Component type | semiconductor, light-emitting diode | 1.00 | infobox |
| Laser diode | Inventor | Robert N. Hall, 1962; Nick Holonyak, Jr., 1962 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Laser diode | Pin names | Anode and cathode | 1.00 | infobox |
| Laser diode | Working principle | semiconductor, carrier generation and recombination | 1.00 | infobox |
| Laser diode | causes | the two species of charge carrier | 0.90 | text |
| VCSELs | instance of | Reverse engineering is not always able to reveal the differences between more reliable and less reliable products.Semiconductor lasers can be surface-emitting lasers | 0.80 | text |
| or in-plane edge-emitting lasers | instance of | Reverse engineering is not always able to reveal the differences between more reliable and less reliable products.Semiconductor lasers can be surface-emitting lasers | 0.80 | text |
| heat treating | instance of | low-cost assessment or monitoring of the concentration of various species in gas phase.High-power laser diodes are used in industrial applications | 0.80 | text |
| cladding | instance of | low-cost assessment or monitoring of the concentration of various species in gas phase.High-power laser diodes are used in industrial applications | 0.80 | text |
| seam welding | instance of | low-cost assessment or monitoring of the concentration of various species in gas phase.High-power laser diodes are used in industrial applications | 0.80 | text |
| and for pumping other lasers | instance of | low-cost assessment or monitoring of the concentration of various species in gas phase.High-power laser diodes are used in industrial applications | 0.80 | text |
| such as diode-pumped solid-state lasers.Uses of laser diodes can be categorized in various ways | instance of | low-cost assessment or monitoring of the concentration of various species in gas phase.High-power laser diodes are used in industrial applications | 0.80 | text |
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