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1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
IET Healthcare technologies series ; 7 |
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IET healthcare technologies series ; 7.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to semiconductor light sources and their biomedical applications / Peter E. Andersen and Paul Michael Petersen; 1.1 Brief history and semiconductor physics background; 1.2 Direct and indirect bandgap semiconductors; 1.3 Doping of semiconductors and p-n junctions; 1.4 Laser diodes and light-emitting diodes; 1.5 Motivation for semiconductor sources in biomedical optics; 1.6 Organization of this book; References |
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2. Fundamentals on modeling of edge-emitting semiconductor lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes / Mariangela Gioannini, Paolo Bardella and Ivo Montrosset2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Electro-optical characteristics of the semiconductor active material; 2.2.1 Optical gain and spontaneous emission; 2.2.2 Carrier recombination and carrier life-time; 2.3 Optical waveguides; 2.3.1 Transverse optical mode calculation; 2.3.2 The relevant parameters of the modal field; 2.4 Carrier-photon interaction; 2.4.1 A general overview; 2.4.2 The case of laser cavity with BH waveguide |
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2.4.3 The case of laser cavity with ridge waveguide2.4.4 Inclusion of the carrier transport; 2.4.5 Inclusion of the longitudinal and spectral distribution of photons; 2.4.6 The time domain TW model; 2.5 Device layout; 2.6 An example of device modeling: SLDs; 2.6.1 Wide optical bandwidth; 2.6.2 Ultralow reflectivity terminations; 2.6.3 SLD layout; References; 3. Q-switched and mode-locked lasers for biophotonic applications / Edik U. Rafailov and Eugene A. Avrutin; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Ultrashort-pulse lasers; 3.1.2 Progress in the use of diode lasers in biophotonics |
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3.2 Ultrashort pulse generation in semiconductor lasers: the main techniques and principles3.2.1 Gain-switching and Q-switching; 3.2.2 ML techniques in semiconductor lasers: the general principles; 3.2.3 Saturable absorber properties and their effect on passive ML; 3.3 State-of-the-art ML: QW lasers; 3.4 Monolithic ML QD lasers; 3.5 Short-pulse semiconductor lasers in a master oscillator-power amplifier configuration; 3.6 New mode-locking regimes in and for biophotonic applications; 3.7 Conclusions; References; 4. Light-emitting diode technologies / Hoi Wai Choi; 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 Light extraction4.2.1 Chip shaping; 4.3 Device functionalities; 4.3.1 Micro-LEDs; 4.3.2 Fiber-coupling; 4.4 Conclusions; References; 5. GaN-based blue vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers / Yu-Pin Lan, Ying-Yu Lai, Yung-Chi Wu, Tien-Chang Lu, Hao-Chung Kuo, and Shing-Chung Wang; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Wide-bandgap III-N materials; 5.1.2 Nitride-based VCSELs; 5.2 Distributed Bragg reflectors; 5.2.1 Nitride-based DBRs; 5.2.2 Dielectric DBRs; 5.3 GaN-based VCSELs; 5.3.1 Fully epitaxial nitride-based VCSEL; 5.3.2 Hybrid nitride-based VCSEL; 5.3.3 Dielectric DBR nitride-based VCSEL |
| Summary |
The book has 13 chapters. The book chapters are introduction to semiconductor light sources and their biomedical applications; fundamentals on modeling of edge-emitting semiconductor lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes; Q-switched and mode-locked lasers for biophotonic applications; light-emitting diode technologies; GaN-based blue vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; quantum cascade lasers; diode laser systems based on nonlinear frequency conversion; semiconductor disk lasers; potential biomedical use of diode-laser-induced luminescence from upconverting nanoparticles; near-infrared spectroscopy systems for biomedical applications; semiconductor lasers for bio-medical Raman spectroscopy; nonlinear imaging applications of high-power lasers - figures of merit; and optical coherence tomography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Photobiology.
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Photonics.
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Semiconductor lasers.
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Light emitting diodes.
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Photobiology
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Lasers, Semiconductor
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Light emitting diodes
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Photobiology
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Photonics
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Semiconductor lasers
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biomedical optical imaging.
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infrared spectroscopy.
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laser applications in medicine.
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laser mode locking.
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nanophotonics.
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optical frequency conversion.
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optical tomography.
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photoluminescence.
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Q-switching.
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quantum cascade lasers.
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Raman spectroscopy.
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semiconductor device models.
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semiconductor lasers.
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superluminescent diodes.
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surface emitting lasers.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andersen, Peter E. (Peter Eskil), 1967- editor.
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Petersen, Paul Michael, editor
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| ISBN |
1785612735 |
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9781785612732 |
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9781523124343 |
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1523124342 |
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