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Semiconductor lasers possess unique features in terms of performance, size and impact, and user-friendliness. From a team of international experts this book provides readers with a solid reference of the fundamentals of these devices through to the technologies and applications in bio-optics and biophotonics.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction to semiconductor light sources and their biomedical applications
- Chapter 2: Fundamentals on modeling of edge-emitting semiconductor lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes
- Chapter 3: Q-switched and mode-locked lasers for biophotonic applications
- Chapter 4: Light-emitting diode technologies
- Chapter 5: GaN-based blue vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
- Chapter 6: Quantum cascade lasers
- Chapter 7: Diode laser systems based on nonlinear frequency conversion
- Chapter 8: Semiconductor disk lasers
- Chapter 9: Potential biomedical use of diode-laser-induced luminescence from upconverting nanoparticles
- Chapter 10: Near-infrared spectroscopy systems for biomedical applications
- Chapter 11: Semiconductor lasers for bio-medical Raman spectroscopy
- Chapter 12: Nonlinear imaging applications of high-power lasers: figures of merit
- Chapter 13: Optical coherence tomography
Summary
Semiconductor lasers possess unique features in terms of performance, size and impact, and user-friendliness. From a team of international experts this book provides readers with a solid reference of the fundamentals of these devices through to the technologies and applications in bio-optics and biophotonics.
