• DocumentCode
    2023123
  • Title

    A simple all-hollow-waveguide concept for efficient CO2 laser delivery into precise tissue area

  • Author

    Ilev, Ilko K. ; Waynant, Ronald W. ; Gorman, Erik

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Phys., US Food & Drug Adm., Rockville, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    831
  • Abstract
    A novel and simple all-hollow-waveguide lens-free system for mid-infrared CO2 laser (10.6 μm) delivery into precise tissue area is presented. It includes a grazing-incidence-based uncoated hollow glass taper for direct laser-to-waveguide coupling and a multilayer hollow delivery waveguide.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser applications in medicine; optical fibre couplers; CO2; CO2 laser delivery; all-hollow-waveguide; grazing-incidence; laser-to-waveguide coupling; tissue; uncoated hollow glass taper; Fiber lasers; Glass; Hollow waveguides; Laser ablation; Laser theory; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363498
  • Filename
    1363498
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2023123