Title :
Properties of optical parametric oscillation for dental application of soft-and-hard-tissues removal around 2.9 µm IR-band
Author :
Yu, Nan Ei ; Beck, Kenneth M. ; Ro, Jung Hoon ; Ohuchi, Fumio S. ; Kitamura, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., GIST, Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
A tunable IR generation was demonstrated by the quasi phase-matched optical parametric oscillation, and preliminary provided a means to develop a more thorough scientific study of dental laser applications.
Keywords :
laser applications in medicine; optical parametric oscillators; dental laser; quasi phase-matched optical parametric oscillation; soft-and-hard-tissues removal; tunable IR generation; wavelength 2.9 mum; Absorption; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Dentistry; Fiber lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beam cutting; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Tunable circuits and devices; Optical parametric generation; dental laser; periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292470
