First green laser diodes created

[Trooper110]

Green diode lasers a big breakthrough for laser-display tech - Ars Technica
I-Micronews - COMPOUND SEMI OPTOELECTRONICS: Sumitomo claims the world?s first green laser diode on bulk ...

Real Star Wars battles here we come!!! Hehehe. Actually, looking at the articles there's a lot of benefits that this may lead to.

[DougBob]

What the difference between this and the green laser pointers? Is it a different nm (wave length) ?

[Trooper110]

Per the second article I listed:

Up to now, only red and blue laser diodes were commercially available, while green lasers were obtained by frequency conversion of infrared lasers.

[DougBob]

Kewl, I never knew that.
So the laser pointers they've been selling for a while weren't nothing more than a infrared with the wavelength stepped down. That's so wild. Now I can't wait to see the comparison of the true green and stepped down green. I bet the true green is a brilliant color.