• DocumentCode
    310072
  • Title

    Infrared fiber optic delivery systems for medical lasers

  • Author

    Harrington, James A.

  • Author_Institution
    Fiber Opt. Mater. Res. Program, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
  • Firstpage
    166
  • 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 7 W of Er:YAG laser power for a variety of surgical applications
  • Keywords
    laser applications in medicine; 7 W; 80 W; CO2; CO2 laser; Er:YAG; Er:YAG laser surgery; Er:YAl5O12; hollow glass waveguides; infrared fiber optic delivery systems; medical instrumentation; 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, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1470-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1994.586944
  • Filename
    586944