Title :
Urine stone fragmentation by short-pulse thulium fiber laser
Author :
Larin, Sergey ; Zaharkin, Vyacheslav ; Vinnichenko, Andrey
Author_Institution :
IRE-Polus, Fryazino, Russia
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
Thulium pulse fiber laser with pulse energy up to 200 uJ and 100 nsec pulse width for urine stone fragmentation was examined. Complex fracture process in Urine-Acid stones is indicated by non-proportional dependence of fragmentation rate vs pulse repetition rate.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; thulium; complex fracture process; energy 200 muJ; fragmentation rate; nonproportional dependence; pulse energy; pulse repetition rate; pulse width; short-pulse thulium fiber laser; time 100 ns; urine stone fragmentation; urine-acid stones; Fiber lasers; fiber laser; stone fragmentation; thulium laser;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886488
