Akinetic all-semiconductor programmable swept-source at 1550 nm and 1310 nm with centimeters coherence length

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2632-2655

  Bonesi, M ^a   Minneman, M P ^b   Ensher, J ^b   Zabihian, B ^a   Sattmann, H ^a   Boschert, P ^b   Hoover, E ^b   Leitgeb, R A ^a   Crawford, M ^b   Drexler, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Insight Photonic Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84893938370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.002632     Document Type: Article

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