InGaAs/GaAs Quantum-Dot Superluminescent Diode for Optical Sensor and Imaging

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Dang, Gerard T ^b   Chang, Wayne H ^b   Wang, Dong Ning ^a   Ooi, Boon Siew ^a   Hwang, James C M ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband light source; optical coherence tomography (OCT); quantum dot (QD); superluminescent diode

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008056126     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.886884     Document Type: Article

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