Integrated semiconductor vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and PIN photodetectors for biomedical fluorescence sensing

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-498

  Thrush, Evan ^a   Levi, Ofer ^a   Ha, Wonill ^b   Carey, Glen ^b   Cook, Laura J ^a   Deich, Jason ^a   Smith, Stephen J ^a   Moerner, W E ^a   Harris Jr , James S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Novalux Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochips; Fluorescence; Near infrared; Photodetectors; Sensors; Vertical cavi ty surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CURRENT DENSITY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH POWER LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSORS;

BIOCHIPS; BIOMEDICAL FLUORESCENCE; INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION SYSTEM;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 2442507889     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.826440     Document Type: Article

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