Title :
A simple all-hollow-waveguide concept for efficient CO2 laser delivery into precise tissue area
Author :
Ilev, Ilko K. ; Waynant, Ronald W. ; Gorman, Erik
Author_Institution :
Div. of Phys., US Food & Drug Adm., Rockville, MD, USA
Abstract :
A novel and simple all-hollow-waveguide lens-free system for mid-infrared CO2 laser (10.6 μm) delivery into precise tissue area is presented. It includes a grazing-incidence-based uncoated hollow glass taper for direct laser-to-waveguide coupling and a multilayer hollow delivery waveguide.
Keywords :
biological tissues; carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser applications in medicine; optical fibre couplers; CO2; CO2 laser delivery; all-hollow-waveguide; grazing-incidence; laser-to-waveguide coupling; tissue; uncoated hollow glass taper; Fiber lasers; Glass; Hollow waveguides; Laser ablation; Laser theory; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363498
