Medical

• Low power consumption enables wireless sensors
• Precise wavelength enables sensors based upon spectral variation of absorption or scatterin
• Application Note: VCSEL Technology for Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
• Application Note: Development of VCSELs for optical nerve stimulation
• Application Note: Computed Radiography Imaging Based on High-Density 670 nm VCSEL Arrays
• Technical Research Papers

Industrial

• Narrow beam angle provides better precision, longer range sensors
• Round, symmetrical beam with small divergence simplifies optics, reducing packaging expense
• Electrical packaging flexibility for easier incorporation into circuit boards

Office Products and Peripherals

• Lower power consumption for battery powered bar code sensors
• Arrays for faster laser printers
• Application Note: Laser Printer

Military

• Single mode, narrow wavelength spectrum, polarization controlled for atomic clock sensors
• 2D arrays for imaging 3D LADAR sensors

Data Communications

• Narrow, symmetric beam for coupling to fiber
• High speed for migration to >40Gpbs links
• Application Note: Use of Red VCSELs in POF-Based Home Networking
• Technical Research Papers