Due to the use of charge injection in powering most diode lasers, this class of lasers is sometimes termed injection lasers, or injection laser diodes (ILD). As diode lasers are semiconductor devices, they may also be classified as semiconductor lasers.OverviewA laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a device similar to a in which a diode pumped directly with electrical current can create. A laser diode is electrically a. The active region of the laser diode is in the intrinsic (I) region, and the carriers (electrons and holes) are pumped into that region from the N and P regions respectivel.