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Optical fiber diffusive tip designs for medical laser-lightguide delivery systems
Janis SpigulisMaris StafeckisDaumants Pfafrodssubject
Materials scienceOptical fiberHigh power lasersbusiness.industryLaser treatmentPhysics::Medical PhysicsPhysics::OpticsRadiationLaserlaw.inventionOpticslawFiber laserOptoelectronicsIrradiationbusinessdescription
Medical laser radiation delivery instruments with diffusive tips on the distal ends of plastic-clad silica optical fibers have been designed, tested, and manufactured. The instruments are optimized for endoscopic, therapeutic, dermatologic and surgical laser treatment. The diffusive tips provide radial, cylindrical and aside-conical spatial distributions of the output radiation. Optical schemes concerning each type of the tip and the corresponding spatial distribution functions of the output radiation are presented and analyzed. Designs of the lightguide instruments for surgical and dermatological procedures demanding local high-power laser irradiation are also discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-12-22 | SPIE Proceedings |