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Confocal optical beam induced current microscopy of light-emitting diodes with a white-light supercontinuum source

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To improve the efficiency of confocal optical beam induced current (OBIC) and the non-destructive, high-resolution analysis of semiconductor media we report the application of a white-light supercontinuum laser source capable of confocal OBIC across a wide spectral range. To demonstrate the capability of this source, we performed confocal OBIC of light emitting diodes with varying absorption and emission properties in the visible spectrum. Using the wavelength flexibility afforded by the broadband laser source, we were able to determine and apply the optimum excitation wavelength range for efficient confocal OBIC instead of applying inferior fixed wavelength laser sources.

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  1. Centre for Biophotonics, Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow, G4 0NR, UK

    E. Esposito & G. McConnell

  2. Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 11221, Taiwan

    Fu-Jen Kao

  3. Institute of Electro-Optics Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan

    Fu-Jen Kao

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Esposito, E., Kao, FJ. & McConnell, G. Confocal optical beam induced current microscopy of light-emitting diodes with a white-light supercontinuum source. Appl. Phys. B 88, 551–555 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-007-2758-8

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