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
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