Bookham Launches New 'Green' VCSEL for Computer Mouse Market
28 Gennaio 2009 - 1:31PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bookham, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BKHM) has launched a new 'green' VCSEL that features the
patented Bookham wide oxide aperture design and boasts less than
5mW power consumption - 50 percent less than previous offerings.
The VCSEL is targeted at the optical computer mouse market, as well
as other consumer, battery powered applications where power
consumption is an important factor in product design. The
singlemode 850nm VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) is
polarization stable, and retains the reliability, robustness and
resistance to ESD (electro-static discharge) of previous, higher
power consumption devices. The VCSEL is available in a standard TO
package interface. Bookham has now shipped in excess of 13 million
polarization stable VCSELs. In January 2008, the company announced
the transition of VCSEL manufacturing to its High Power Laser
facility in Zurich, Switzerland, to meet increasing volume demand
from consumer applications. "Power consumption is a major
consideration for designers of any product that is battery powered,
including mobile handsets, mobile sensing devices and, of course,
optical navigation systems including computer mice, where we are
seeing huge demand for high performance, polarization stable
VCSELs," said Karlheinz Gulden, Director VCSEL Business at Bookham.
"Through optimization of the laser design, we have successfully
reduced power consumption by over 50 percent and retained all the
reliability and stability performance benefits of our unique,
patented wide oxide aperture design that has been shipping for more
than eight years. "Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility
allows us to meet volume demand for VCSELs for optical engines in a
wide variety of markets, and we continue to exploit our technical
and commercial advantage in this space." Notes to editors 1.
Photonics West is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center,
San Jose, California, 24-29 January, 2009. For further information,
visit http://spie.org/photonics-west.xml 2. Bookham will be
exhibiting at the Photonics West exhibition, 27-29 January, at
booth #1515 3. To arrange an interview with representatives of
Bookham before or during the show, please contact Howard Jones on
or +44 7980 772 285 About Bookham Bookham is a leading manufacturer
and independent, vertically integrated supplier of high
performance, high reliability industrial laser diodes across many
markets, including industrial, medical, display, analytical,
printing, aerospace and defense. The company boasts two decades of
experience as a leader in laser diode development, continued
investment in technology and customer support, and offers
scalability for cost efficient, high volume production through the
use of advanced automated manufacturing processes in its state of
the art facility in Zurich. Bookham was the first company to offer
120W 9xxnm diode bars and is a leader in the market for single
emitter pigtailed laser modules for fiber laser pumping. The
company's diversified high power laser diode offering ranges from
10W pigtailed multimode modules to 120W bars and 2.4kW fast axis
collimated stacks. More information on Bookham, Inc. is available
at http://www.bookham.com/ Bookham and all other Bookham, Inc.
product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Bookham, Inc. in the USA or other countries. DATASOURCE:
Bookham, Inc. CONTACT: Julie Molloy of Bookham, Inc., +44 (0) 7967
223 448, ; or Howard Jones of BCS Public Relations, +44 (0) 7980
772 285, Web Site: http://www.bookham.com/
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