The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as a light source.

Provided is a 3D printing method and system using a near-infrared semiconductor laser as a heating source. The 3D printing system includes a printing spray head (4). In the 3D printing process, a laser beam is output by the near-infrared semiconductor laser to form a laser spot, which scans in an arbitrary path to cover a relevant area of a printed material for in-situ heating, thereby realizing the “asynchronous” printing mode. The near-infrared laser has higher penetration depth compared with a mid-infrared laser, so that the printing method using a near-infrared semiconductor laser as a heating source can be flexibly compatible with various printing platforms and the working process of the laser in the formed printing system can be decoupled from the 3D printing process of an article.

A light source unit includes: a first light emission point from which a first beam is emitted; a second light emission point from which a second beam is emitted and which is disposed apart from the first light emission point in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction; a deflection element that deflects the first and/or second beam; and a first condensing optical element that focuses, on a light collection surface, the first and second beams. The first beam at the first light emission point overlaps the second beam at the second light emission point in a third direction, and on the light collection surface, the first and second beams overlap each other in the second direction and are separate from each other in the third direction.

Beam steering devices include a laser and a metasurface for dynamic beam shaping of laser light. A steering actuator may adjust a metasurface with respect to a laser to dynamically shape the beam. Lasers in a plurality of lasers may be selectively activated to generate a desired beam shape.

Implementations described herein are related to a diode driver that recirculates residual current from an operating current pulse in an inductor. Such recirculation produces a diagnostic current pulse to a diode array for measuring a voltage drop across a portion of the array. For example, after a controller charges an inductor of a diode driver to deliver operating current pulses to a portion of a diode array for illumination, the controller causes a residual current to remain and recirculate in the inductor. In some implementations, in response to the recirculating current reaching a monitoring threshold, the controller delivers a monitoring pulse to the portion of the diode array to measure a voltage drop across the portion of the diode array. In some implementations, the controller may infer defectivity in the portion of the array from such voltage drop measurements over time.

According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide having a first plane, a second plane, a side plane, a first tilted plane, and a second tilted plane, an angle formed between the side plane and the first tilted plane and an angle formed between the side plane and the second tilted plane being acute angles, a first semiconductor laser element including a first light emitting part, and a second semiconductor laser element including a second light emitting part. The first light emitting part is opposed to a first intersection part of the side plane and the first tilted plane, and the second light emitting part is opposed to a second intersection part of the side plane and the second tilted plane.

A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using a gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided.

Methods and apparatus for receiving a return laser pulse at a detector system having pixels in a pixel array and analyzing a response of the pixels in the pixel array including comparing the response to at least one threshold corresponding to decay of photonic energy of the laser pulse over distance and target reflectivity, wherein the at least one threshold comprises a first threshold corresponding to a low trigger for a pulse generated by a first type of laser and a second threshold corresponding to a high trigger for the pulse generated by the first type of laser. Embodiments can further include generating an alert signal based on the response of the pixels in the pixel array.

A light-emitting device includes a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from a light source so that an object to be measured is irradiated with the light; and a holding unit that holds the light diffusing member and is provided on a wire connected to the light source so as to be located in an uncoated region of the wire.

Provided is a back side emitting light source array device and an electronic apparatus, the back side emitting light source array device includes a substrate, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) provided on a first surface of the substrate, a plurality of gain layers which are provided on the DBR, the plurality of gain layers being spaced apart from one another, and each of the plurality of gain layers being configured to individually generate light, and a nanostructure reflector provided on the plurality of gain layers opposite to the DBR, and including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength shape dimension, wherein a reflectivity of the DBR is less than a reflectivity of the nanostructure reflector such that the light generated is emitted through the substrate.