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First nonpolar blue-violet laser diodes announced

European Design Engineer: Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, led by Shuji Nakamura--who invented the blue laser--have achieved lasing operation in nonpolar gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors and demonstrated the world's first nonpolar blue-violet laser diodes.

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