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 :
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