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The semiconductor laser amplifier is small in size, wide in frequency band, and high in gain, but the biggest weakness is that the coupling loss with the optical fiber is too large, and it is easily affected by the ambient temperature, so its stability is poor. Semiconductor optical amplifiers are easy to integrate and are suitable for use in combination with optical integration and optoelectronic integrated circuits.

Fluorescence imaging has been widely used in biomedical imaging and clinical intraoperative navigation. When fluorescence propagates in biological media, absorption attenuation and scattering disturbance will cause fluorescence energy loss and signal-to-noise ratio decrease, respectively. Generally speaking, the degree of absorption loss determines whether we can "see", and the number of scattered photons determines whether we can "see clearly". In addition, the autofluorescence of some biomolecules and signal light are collected by the imaging system and eventually become the background of the image. Therefore, for biofluorescence imaging, scientists are trying to find a perfect imaging window with low photon absorption and sufficient light scattering.

Definition: The pump power when the laser oscillation threshold is reached. The pumping threshold power of the laser refers to the pumping power when the laser threshold is satisfied. At this time, the loss in the laser resonator is equal to the small-signal gain. Similar threshold powers exist in other light sources, such as Raman lasers and optical parametric oscillators.

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser is a new generation of semiconductor laser that has been developing rapidly in recent years. The so-called "vertical cavity surface emission" means that the laser emission direction is perpendicular to the cleavage plane or substrate surface. Another emission method corresponding to it is called "edge emission". Traditional semiconductor lasers adopt an edge-emitting mode, that is, the laser emission direction is parallel to the substrate surface. This type of laser is called an edge-emitting laser (EEL). Compared with EEL, VCSEL has the advantages of good beam quality, single-mode output, high modulation bandwidth, long life, easy integration and testing, etc., so it has been widely used in optical communications, optical display, optical sensing and other fields.