Low spatial coherence electrically pumped semiconductor laser for speckle-free full-field imaging

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1304-1309

  Redding, Brandon ^a   Cerjan, Alexander ^a   Huang, Xue ^a   Lee, Minjoo Larry ^a   Stone, A Douglas ^a   Choma, Michael A ^a,b   Cao, Hui ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaotic cavity; Mode competition; Spatial coherence

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE FREE FULL FIELD IMAGING; STEADY STATE; LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR;

LASERS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84922384599     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419672112     Document Type: Article

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