Development and application of fibre lasers for medical applications

M. Pierce; S. Jackson; P. Golding; B. Dickinson; M. Dickinson; T. King; P. Sloan

doi:10.1117/12.427916

Development and application of fibre lasers for medical applications

M. Pierce^*, S. Jackson, P. Golding, B. Dickinson, M. Dickinson, T. King, P. Sloan

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Recent progress in fibre laser technology has provided lasers operating at mid-infrared wavelengths, at power levels and temporal regimes previously inaccessible to bulk crystal lasers. This paper reports on the development of new continuous wave fibre lasers; a Tm-silica fibre laser operating at 1.98 μm, an Er,Pr:ZBLAN fibre laser at 2.78 μm and a Yb:Er-silica fibre laser at 1.5 μm, and pulsed fibre laser sources; gain-switched and Q-switched Tm-silica systems, specifically targeting applications in medicine. The feast studies on the interaction of high-power, continuous wave mid-infrared fibre laser light and soft biological tissues are presented, demonstrating the ability of 2 and 3 μm fibre lasers to remove soft tissue cleanly, and with minimal collateral damage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	144-154
Number of pages	11
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4253
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427916
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ablation
Continuous wave
Diode-pumping
Fibre laser
Gain-switched
Mid-infrared
Q-switched

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