High-power semiconductor red laser arrays for use in photodynamic therapy

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 881-891

  Charamisinau, Ivan ^b,f   Happawana, Gemunu S ^b,g   Evans, Gary A ^a,b,h   Kirk, Jay B ^b,g   Bour, David P ^a,c,i   Rosen, Arye ^a,d   Hsi, R Alexander ^e,j  

^a IEEE

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^h Southern Methodist University ^*

ⁱ AGILENT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^j VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diode laser array; High power red lasers; Photodynamic therapy (PDT); Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

DIODE LASER ARRAY; HIGH-POWER RED LASERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SINKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 29144534966     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.857717     Document Type: Article

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