Title :
Status of high power semiconductor based lasers
Author_Institution :
VP Corp. Dev., CTO, San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
I will try to review the bounds of semiconductor laser technology across the applications base with a focus on technologies and applications that compliment the medical industry. This paper will present a series of results to measure the performance matrix of semiconductor based lasers
Keywords :
laser applications in medicine; reviews; semiconductor lasers; high power semiconductor based lasers; medical industry; medical lasers; performance matrix; review; semiconductor laser technology; Bars; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813527
