Title :
Modulated and continuous-wave operations of Thulium (Tm:YAP) laser in tissue welding
Author :
Temel Bilici;Ozgur Tabakoglu;Hamit Kalaycioglu;Adnan Kurt;Alphan Sennaroglu;Murat Gulsoy
Author_Institution :
Biophotonics Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Institute, Bo?azi?i University, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
Modulated and continuous-wave (CW) operations of thulium (Tm:YAP) laser are compared for tissue welding by histology analysis study. Higher thermal effects but better closure on skin samples is obtained for CW mode.
Keywords :
"Welding","Laser modes","Fiber lasers","Skin","Power lasers","Laser beam cutting","Semiconductor laser arrays","Rats","Microscopy","Laboratories"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM ´09. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292315
