Q-switched Er:YAG radiation transmission through an oxide glass fiber for medical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4916, Issue , 2002, Pages 415-422

  Papadopoulos, D N ^a   Papagiakoumou, E ^a   Serafetinides, A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Mid IR fibers; Oxide glass; Q switching

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GLASS FIBERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION; WATER ABSORPTION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER RADIATION; OXIDE GLASS FIBER; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0036438018     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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