• DocumentCode
    3231789
  • Title

    Fiber optics for 3 and 10 micron medical lasers

  • Author

    Harrington, James A. ; Matsuura, Yuji

  • Author_Institution
    Fiber Opt. Mater. Res. Program, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    30-31 Oct 1995
  • Firstpage
    153
  • Abstract
    Newly developed hollow glass waveguides with losses as low as 0.1 dB/m are successfully being used to deliver up to 80 W of CO2 and 8 W of Er:YAG laser power for a variety of surgical applications
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; carbon compounds; erbium; gas lasers; laser applications in medicine; optical fibre losses; optical fibres; radiation therapy; solid lasers; surgery; 1 dB; 10 mum; 3 mum; 8 W; 80 W; CO2; CO2 laser power; Er:YAG laser power; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; fiber optics; hollow glass waveguides; losses; medical lasers; surgical applications; Boring; Coatings; Dielectric loss measurement; Fiber lasers; Glass; Hollow waveguides; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2450-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1995.484811
  • Filename
    484811
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3231789