Kurt Linden

Dr. Linden is a leading expert on the development and application of semiconductor photonic devices such as LEDs, lasers, and detectors, as well as their utilization in instrumentation, covering the spectral region extending from UV through far-infrared (terahertz). He has developed diode laser-pumped infrared fiber lasers for myringotomy and middle-ear surgery and worked on a new watt-level 420 nm blue diode laser, quantum cascade lasers emitting in the terahertz spectral region, VCSELS for low-cost near-IR applications, cerebral oximetry instrumentation for monitoring homological brain fluids, infrared detections for military applications and manufacturing processes associated with these products.