Semiconductor lasers for bio-medical Raman spectroscopy

Bavishna B. Praveen, Praveen C. Ashok, Kishan Dholakia

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Abstract

During the 2000‘s and 2010‘s Raman spectroscopy has proved its potential to be used for chemical fingerprinting of biological materials. This has enabled this technique to be translated as a novel diagnostic tool for disease diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity. Raman scattering, being a weak process, relies greatly on the power and spectral quality of the excitation source for its effectiveness. Advent of relatively high power, frequency stabilized semiconductor lasers which has relatively small form factor when compared to its gas laser counterparts enabled developing portable Raman systems for clinical diagnostics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSemiconductor Lasers and Diode-based Light Sources for Biophotonics
PublisherInstitution of Engineering and Technology
Pages355-376
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9781785612725
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jan 1

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© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2019.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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