Mid-IR laser tissue ablation with little collateral damage using a laser tunable in the water absorption peak

Author

Chuchumishev, D. ; Nagel, Eike ; Nierlich, A. ; Philipov, S. ; Genadiev, T. ; Fiebig, Torsten ; Buchvarov, Ivan ; Richter, Claus-Peter

Author_Institution

Deptartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

8-13 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A comprehensive experimental study of mid-IR laser tissue ablation within the water absorption peak is presented. A novel all-solid-state table-top sub-ns mid-IR laser designed for efficient tissue ablation have been used for observation of wavelength-dependent effects on the ablation of hard and soft tissue.

Keywords

biological effects of laser radiation; biological tissues; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; radiation therapy; solid lasers; spectral line intensity; water; H₂O; all-solid-state mid-IR laser; hard tissue ablation; mid-IR laser design; mid-IR laser tissue ablation; soft tissue ablation; sub-ns mid-IR laser; table-top mid-IR laser; tissue damage; tunable laser; water absorption peak; wavelength-dependent effect observation; Absorption; Biological tissues; Educational institutions; Free electron lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Laser tuning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

6989667