Request InfoPhotonic Products Ltd.HERTFORDSHIRE, England, March 30, 2007 -- Optoelectronics manufacturer Photonic Products Ltd., an authorized distributor, said it is offering the Opnext HL6750MG 685 nm laser diode for use in medical and biomedical applications such as x-ray scanners, industrial and medical sensor light sources and as a light source for various other types of optical equipment such as distance meters, barcode scanners and high resolution CTP. The HL6750MG is made by Opnext (formerly the fiber optic components business of Hitachi) of Eatontown, N.J. The visible laser diode is a 685 nm AlGaInP laser diode with a multiquantum well structure. 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