QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS

Pietro Regoliosi, Andrea Vacchi, Giuseppe Scarpa, Paolo Lugli

2008

Abstract

Quantum cascade lasers represent nowadays a mature technology to obtain laser sources in the medium and far infrared region (up to THz). Several advantages with respect to other coherent sources make this kind of lasers particularly attractive: the emission frequency can be selected by properly designing the growth structure, the emission wavelength is tunable with a very good precision and a high optical power in the IR range can be emitted in a spot of small size. These properties make them suitable for several applications, including gas spectroscopy in the IR range. In this work we introduce different types of quantum cascade lasers and we provide a description of their performances and properties, showing that they are suitable candidates for biosensing applications.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Regoliosi P., Vacchi A., Scarpa G. and Lugli P. (2008). QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111- 17-3, pages 87-92. DOI: 10.5220/0001048600870092

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices08,
author={Pietro Regoliosi and Andrea Vacchi and Giuseppe Scarpa and Paolo Lugli},
title={QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={87-92},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001048600870092},
isbn={978-989-8111- 17-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)
TI - QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS
SN - 978-989-8111- 17-3
AU - Regoliosi P.
AU - Vacchi A.
AU - Scarpa G.
AU - Lugli P.
PY - 2008
SP - 87
EP - 92
DO - 10.5220/0001048600870092