CREATING
Creating Light
Creating light and the development of light sources are the wellspring of Stanley Electric’s value.
We will continue in our constant creation of new value from that wellspring by mastering light’s properties
and continuing to create new and promising light sources.
Stanley Electric's light
Our light refers to light with wavelengths ranging from 1 nm* to 1 mm, X-rays, ultraviolet rays, visible light, infrared rays, and certain microwaves, including millimeter waves.
- nm: nanometer; 1 nanometer is equal to one-billionth of a meter.
Constantly creating new value through light
The path of Stanley Electric light creation began with light bulbs for automobiles and has evolved to halogen bulbs, micro light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, HIDs, LEDs, and lasers. Throughout that evolution, our light has been shone onto various scenes of people's lives to enrich our society. Stanley Electric's light will continue to evolve, to open up a bright future.
Development of laser light sources
The development of light sources is a driver of corporate value, and we continue to create promising new light sources for the future. Laser light sources are one of those, and we are working on the development of VCSEL and PCSEL*1 light sources.
PCSEL is a type of laser characterized by its ability to emit a strong beam of light in a small area, making it the ultimate narrow-angle light source.
Through joint development with Kyoto University, we have achieved the world’s first high-power, high-beam quality*2 PCSEL for wavelengths in the visible spectrum of light. This result is expected to be deployed in a variety of applications including high-precision machining and underwater LiDAR, which is a replacement for submarine sonar. We plan to further develop PCSEL for practical applications, and deliver the unique value to society which only our company can provide properties of laser beam
*1 Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Laser
*2 Indicator of focusing and diverging
VCSEL/PCSEL light sources and applications
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Visible light VCSEL for semiconductor inspections -
Visible light PCSEL for laser processing
