High-power and broadband quantum dot superluminescent diodes centered at 1250 nm for optical coherence tomography

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1267-1272

  Ray, Sunion K ^b   Choi, Tin Lun ^b   Groom, Kristian M ^a,b   Stevens, Benjamin J ^b   Liu, Huiyun ^b   Hopkinson, Mark ^b   Hogg, Richard A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum dot (QD); Semiconductor lasers; Superluminescent diodes (SLDs)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE OUTPUT POWER; FLAT-TOPPED SPECTRAL PROFILES; MODULATED WELLS TECHNIQUES; NARROWBAND DEVICES; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES (SLD);

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 35348961053     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.902997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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