Sumita Optical Glass developed a green laser light source with reduced "speckle noise," which results from the interference of laser waves.

Cree announced revenue of $131.1 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2009, ended March 29, 2009.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics launched a joint venture with a sister company on Thursday to produce light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used mainly in TVs and other displays.

A number of exhibitors showed off LED tube lamps that can be installed in existing fluorescent lamp sockets at the LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo, which took place in Tokyo from April 15 to 17, 2009.