Giant light extraction enhancement of medical imaging scintillation materials using biologically inspired integrated nanostructures

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2808-2810

  Pignalosa, P ^a,b   Liu, Bo ^c   Chen, Hong ^c   Smith, H ^d   Yi, Yasha ^a,b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES; INTEGRATED NANOSTRUCTURES; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT OUTPUT ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT-OUTPUT EFFICIENCY; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MOTHEYE; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; PATIENT DOSE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SCINTILLATION MATERIALS; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS;

BIOMIMETICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPHOTONICS; SCINTILLATION; THIN FILMS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MOTH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE; LIGHT; MOTHS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS;

EID: 84864348056     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.002808     Document Type: Article

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