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Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications.

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Shen, JH; Harrington, JA; Edwards, GS; Joos, KM
Published in: Applied optics
February 2001

The purpose of this research is to deliver free-electron-laser (FEL) pulses for intraocular microsurgery. The FEL at Vanderbilt University is tunable from 1.8 to 10.8 microm. To deliver the FEL beam we used a metallic-coated hollow-glass waveguide of 530-mum inner diameter. A 20-gauge cannula with a miniature CaF2 window shielded the waveguide from water. Open-sky retinotomy was performed on cadaver eyes. The system delivered as much as 6 x 10(5) W of FEL peak power to the intraocular tissues without damage to the waveguide or to the surgical probe.

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Applied optics

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EISSN

1539-4522

ISSN

1559-128X

Publication Date

February 2001

Volume

40

Issue

4

Start / End Page

583 / 587

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Shen, J. H., Harrington, J. A., Edwards, G. S., & Joos, K. M. (2001). Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications. Applied Optics, 40(4), 583–587. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.40.000583
Shen, J. H., J. A. Harrington, G. S. Edwards, and K. M. Joos. “Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications.Applied Optics 40, no. 4 (February 2001): 583–87. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.40.000583.
Shen JH, Harrington JA, Edwards GS, Joos KM. Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications. Applied optics. 2001 Feb;40(4):583–7.
Shen, J. H., et al. “Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications.Applied Optics, vol. 40, no. 4, Feb. 2001, pp. 583–87. Epmc, doi:10.1364/ao.40.000583.
Shen JH, Harrington JA, Edwards GS, Joos KM. Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications. Applied optics. 2001 Feb;40(4):583–587.

Published In

Applied optics

DOI

EISSN

1539-4522

ISSN

1559-128X

Publication Date

February 2001

Volume

40

Issue

4

Start / End Page

583 / 587

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4008 Electrical engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics