Tuning superluminescent diode characteristics for optical coherence tomography systems by utilizing a multicontact device incorporating wavelength-modulated quantum dots

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 757-763

  Greenwood, Purnima D L ^a   Childs, David T D ^a   Groom, Kristian M ^a   Stevens, Benjamin J ^a   Hopkinson, Mark ^a   Hogg, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Quantum dot (QD); Superluminescent diode

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SOURCES; DRIVE TOPOLOGY; EMISSION BANDWIDTH; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; GAIN SPECTRA; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MULTI-CONTACT; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); PEAK SHAPES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT (QD); QUANTUM DOTS; RESISTOR NETWORK; SINGLE CURRENT SOURCE; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE;

COHERENT LIGHT; DIODES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POWER SPECTRUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67650921431     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2013481     Document Type: Article

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