Transmission of Q-switched erbium:YSGG (λ=2.79 μm) and erbium: YAG (λ=2.94 μm) laser radiation through germanium oxide and sapphire optical fibres at high pulse energies

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-160

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Yang, Yubing ^a   Chaney, Charles A ^a   Fried, Daniel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Er:YAG; Er:YSGG; Erbium; Germanium; Q switched; Sapphire

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ERBIUM; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE; GLASS FIBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; LASER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPPHIRE; YAG LASER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ERBIUM; GERMANIUM; LASERS;

EID: 12944265292     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-004-0316-8     Document Type: Article

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