Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11123325
Keywords
semiconductor nanolaser; superthermal emission; speckle reduction; self-feedback; low-coherence
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The article presents a new approach to reduce speckle noise in imaging by exploiting a new emission regime of nanolasers. By exploring the dynamic properties of low-coherence laser pulses emitted below the laser threshold, it is possible to tailor the properties of the emitted radiation and potentially make semiconductor nanolasers attractive future sources of low-coherence radiation for imaging.
Lasers distinguish themselves for the high coherence and high brightness of their radiation, features which have been exploited both in fundamental research and a broad range of technologies. However, emerging applications in the field of imaging, which can benefit from brightness, directionality and efficiency, are impaired by the speckle noise superimposed onto the picture by the interference of coherent scattered fields. We contribute a novel approach to the longstanding efforts in speckle noise reduction by exploiting a new emission regime typical of nanolasers, where low-coherence laser pulses are spontaneously emitted below the laser threshold. Exploring the dynamic properties of this kind of emission in the presence of optical reinjection we show, through the numerical analysis of a fully stochastic approach, that it is possible to tailor some of the properties of the emitted radiation, in addition to exploiting this naturally existing regime. This investigation, therefore, proposes semiconductor nanolasers as potential attractive, miniaturized and versatile future sources of low-coherence radiation for imaging.
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