Assembly and testing of germanium / silica optical fibers for flexible endoscopic delivery of erbium: YAG laser radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5317, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-8

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Erbium; Holmium; Laser; Lithotripsy; Stricture; Ureter; Urethra

Indexed keywords

LASER RADIATION; LITHOTRIPSY; STRICTURES; URETER; URETHRA;

ABLATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; ENDOSCOPY; ERBIUM; GERMANIUM; HOLMIUM; HYDRATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SILICA; TISSUE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 5644295736     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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