Rugged hollow fiber for the infrared and its use in laser lithotripsy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4916, Issue , 2002, Pages 115-119

  Iwai, Katsumasa ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Hollow fiber; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

FILMS; FUSED SILICA; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLASTIC COATINGS; SILVER PLATING; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HOLLOW FIBER; LITHOTRIPSY;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 0036440724     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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