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

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-587

  Shen, Jin H ^a   Edwards, Glenn S ^c   Joos, Karen M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SURGERY; TISSUE; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROSURGERY;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0001604031     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000583     Document Type: Article

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