Transmission of free-running and Q-switched Er:YAG and Er:YSGG laser energy through germanium oxide/silica fibers

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5691, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-119

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Yang, Yubing ^a   Lee, Kyunhee ^b   Tafti, Hussain A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium; Fiber; Germanium; Hybrid; Mid IR; Oxide glass; Q switched

Indexed keywords

MID-IR; OXIDE GLASS; Q-SWITCHED;

ATTENUATION; ENDOSCOPY; ERBIUM; FREE ENERGY; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA; TISSUE;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 21844478255     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.586355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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