{"id":9515,"date":"2022-08-15T05:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T05:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/?page_id=9515"},"modified":"2022-08-16T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T11:39:54","slug":"semiconductor-lasers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/index.php\/wiki\/semiconductor-lasers\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Solid State Lasers and Semiconductor Lasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\"><h1>Comparison of Solid State Lasers and Semiconductor Lasers<\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The difference between a semiconductor laser and a solid-state laser lies in the working material, price, and excitation source.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.3;\"><h3>Working substance<\/h3><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Common working materials of Semiconductor Lasers are gallium arsenide (GaAs), cadmium sulfide (CdS), indium phosphide (InP), zinc sulfide (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/index.php\/plane-plate\/zinc-sulfide-zns-windows\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ZnS<\/span><\/a>), etc.<br \/>\nThe working substance commonly used in Solid-state Lasers is composed of optically transparent crystal or glass as the host material, doped with activated ions or other activated substances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-9517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27414%27%20height%3D%27264%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20414%20264%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27414%27%20height%3D%27264%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working-200x128.png 200w, https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working-400x255.png 400w, https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lasers-Working.png 414w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.3;\"><h3>Price<\/h3><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>The price of Semiconductor Laser is low.<br \/>\nSolid-state Lasers are more expensive due to the complicated preparation of the working medium.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.3;\"><h3>Incentive source<\/h3><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>There are three main excitation methods of Semiconductor Lasers, namely electric injection type, optical pump type and high-energy electron beam excitation type. Electric injection Semiconductor Lasers are generally semiconductor junction diodes made of gallium arsenide (GaAs), cadmium sulfide (CdS), indium phosphide (InP), zinc sulfide (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/index.php\/plane-plate\/zinc-sulfide-zns-windows\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ZnS<\/span><\/a>) and other materials. The injected current is excited to produce stimulated emission in the junction plane region.<\/p>\n<p>Optically pumped Semiconductor Lasers generally use N-type or P-type semiconductor single crystals (such as GaAS, InAs, InSb, etc.) as the working substance, and use the laser light emitted by other lasers as the optical pump excitation. High-energy electron beam-excited semiconductor lasers generally use N-type or P-type semiconductor single crystals (such as PbS, CdS, ZhO, etc.) as the working material, and are excited by injecting high-energy electron beams from the outside.<\/p>\n<p>Solid-state Lasers use light as the excitation source. Commonly used pulse excitation sources are xenon-charged flash lamps; continuous excitation sources include krypton arc lamps, iodine tungsten lamps, potassium rubidium lamps, etc. In small long-life lasers, semiconductor light-emitting diodes or sunlight can be used as excitation sources. Some new Solid-state Lasers also use laser excitation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.szlaser.com\/index.php\/wiki\/what-are-the-different-types-of-lasers\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">What are the different types of lasers? &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":8230,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.7 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comparison of Solid State Lasers and Semiconductor Lasers - 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