Generating photoacoustic signals using high-peak power pulsed laser diodes

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5697, Issue , 2005, Pages 233-242

  Allen, Thomas J ^a   Cox, B T ^a   Beard, Paul C ^a  

^a Malet Place Engineering Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser diodes; Photoacoustics

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN EXCITATION METHOD; LASER DIODE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PULSED LASER DIODES;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

EID: 23244458839     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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