DocumentCode
2071947
Title
High power Er3-/Yb3+-doped fiber laser suitable for medical applications
Author
Alvarez-Chavez, J.A. ; de la Cruz May, L. ; Martínez-Ríos, A. ; Torres-Gómez, I. ; Martínez-Piñón, F.
Author_Institution
Centro de Investigaciones en Opt., Leon
fYear
2006
fDate
7-10 Nov. 2006
Firstpage
279
Lastpage
281
Abstract
We present results on high-radiance quasi-single mode, high power, double clad, Er/Yb-doped fiber lasers with suitable output power for laser surgery in the 1550 nm wavelength region (central wavelength at 1545 nm) and also suitable for optical coherence tomography (OCT), microsurgery, and skin resurfacing. We have demonstrated >5W from a co-doped fiber laser and a 5 nm line-width. Note that this is the first step in our fiber laser work for medical applications.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; erbium; fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; skin; surgery; ytterbium; 1550 nm; OCT; high power co-doped fiber laser; high-radiance quasisingle laser; laser output power; laser surgery; medical applications; microsurgery; optical coherence tomography; skin resurfacing; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser surgery; Microsurgery; Power generation; Power lasers; Tomography;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics and Photonics, 2006. MEP 2006. Multiconference on
Conference_Location
Guanajuato
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0627-7
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0628-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MEP.2006.335681
Filename
4135765
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