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
Link To Document :
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